DAL Reports Record December Load Factor

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Delta Air Lines Reports Record December 2006 Load Factor
Thursday January 4, 4:47 pm ET
ATLANTA, Jan. 4, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines today reported record load factor results for December 2006. Delta's system load factor for December 2006 was a record 77.8%, up 2.5 points from the prior year and the previous December record load factor of 75.3%. Delta also achieved its highest December load factors for its mainline system (78.3% with a previous high of 75.5% in 2005), mainline domestic (78.5% with a previous high of 75.4% in 2005) and Delta Connection system (75.4% with a previous high of 74.3% in 2005).
In addition, Delta reported record load factor results for the full year 2006, achieving its highest annual load factors for its consolidated system (78.5% with a previous high of 76.5% in 2005), mainline system (79.0% with a previous high of 77.6% in 2005), and Delta Connection system (76.5% with a previous high of 71.0% in 2005).
For December 2006, system traffic increased 3.5% from December 2005 with a capacity increase of 0.2%. International traffic in December 2006 increased 26.4% year over year on a 22.9% increase in capacity. International load factor was 77.8%, up 2.1 points compared to December 2005. Domestic traffic in December 2006 decreased 4.0% year over year, and capacity decreased 7.3%. During December 2006, Delta operated its schedule at a 99.0% completion rate, a 0.6 point improvement compared to December 2005. Delta boarded 8.8 million passengers during December 2006, an increase of 0.1% from December 2005. Detailed traffic and capacity are included.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

And DAL still is not making money.....

 

[Lake Alice]

Means very little if you dont charge enough for tickets. How do I know this...B6!

 

[PCL_128]

And DAL still is not making money.....

Many of the savings achieved in BK won't be realized until this year. Expect a healthy profit for DAL by the end of the year.

 

[BLUE BAYOU]

And gee, after giving away some of Comair's CRJ700s to Skywest, a company in Chapter 11 puts in an order for some more CRJ900s!!! I wonder who'll be flying those 76 seat jets, mainline or DCI? Hmmmm....

 

[ACL65PILOT]

It depends on how they are configured.
DAL is forcasted to make 500 million in FY '07. That is about right given the cost that they have cut.
There will be a huge aircraft order right after they exit b/k. It will be one of the largest ones that any airline has ever made.

 

[Heavy Set]

And gee, after giving away some of Comair's CRJ700s to Skywest, a company in Chapter 11 puts in an order for some more CRJ900s!!! I wonder who'll be flying those 76 seat jets, mainline or DCI? Hmmmm....

From what I remember if they have 76 seats it would be DCI, and anything with more seats would be flown by mainline. I bet you will see some of those competing with your E190s out of JFK, which is better for Delta if they previously only had the 50 seat smaller RJs competing with you. It can only help them, especially with the first class option.