United Airlines (UAL) March Traffic Increases 3%, Capacity Up 3.4%

Preliminary Operational Results

March

Year-to-Date

2017

2016

Change

2017

2016

Change

REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)

Domestic

10,313,258

9,745,763

5.8%

27,085,459

26,148,653

3.6%

Mainline

8,408,616

7,749,995

8.5%

21,880,767

20,651,292

6.0%

Regional

1,904,642

1,995,768

(4.6%)

5,204,692

5,497,361

(5.3%)

International

7,299,522

7,349,266

(0.7%)

20,525,521

20,432,856

0.5%

Atlantic

2,382,787

2,436,725

(2.2%)

6,392,642

6,578,791

(2.8%)

Pacific

2,820,214

2,725,200

3.5%

8,171,519

7,875,743

3.8%

Latin

2,096,521

2,187,341

(4.2%)

5,961,360

5,978,322

(0.3%)

Mainline

2,019,803

2,108,623

(4.2%)

5,737,878

5,750,197

(0.2%)

Regional

76,718

78,718

(2.5%)

223,482

228,125

(2.0%)

Consolidated

17,612,780

17,095,029

3.0%

47,610,980

46,581,509

2.2%

AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

Domestic

12,042,003

11,515,878

4.6%

32,516,226

31,538,003

3.1%

Mainline

9,763,198

9,123,212

7.0%

26,097,477

24,766,207

5.4%

Regional

2,278,805

2,392,666

(4.8%)

6,418,749

6,771,796

(5.2%)

International

9,615,572

9,437,745

1.9%

27,291,906

26,735,080

2.1%

Atlantic

3,357,474

3,330,330

0.8%

9,428,024

9,547,958

(1.3%)

Pacific

3,694,788

3,412,118

8.3%

10,564,478

9,832,357

7.4%

Latin

2,563,310

2,695,297

(4.9%)

7,299,404

7,354,765

(0.8%)

Mainline

2,449,770

2,580,617

(5.1%)

6,963,868

7,018,222

(0.8%)

Regional

113,540

114,680

(1.0%)

335,536

336,543

(0.3%)

Consolidated

21,657,575

20,953,623

3.4%

59,808,132

58,273,083

2.6%

PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR

Domestic

85.6%

84.6%

1.0 pt

83.3%

82.9%

0.4 pts

Mainline

86.1%

84.9%

1.2 pts

83.8%

83.4%

0.4 pts

Regional

83.6%

83.4%

0.2 pts

81.1%

81.2%

(0.1) pts

International

75.9%

77.9%

(2.0) pts

75.2%

76.4%

(1.2) pts

Atlantic

71.0%

73.2%

(2.2) pts

67.8%

68.9%

(1.1) pts

Pacific

76.3%

79.9%

(3.6) pts

77.3%

80.1%

(2.8) pts

Latin

81.8%

81.2%

0.6 pts

81.7%

81.3%

0.4 pts

Mainline

82.4%

81.7%

0.7 pts

82.4%

81.9%

0.5 pts

Regional

67.6%

68.6%

(1.0) pt

66.6%

67.8%

(1.2) pts

Consolidated

81.3%

81.6%

(0.3) pts

79.6%

79.9%

(0.3) pts

ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)

Mainline

8,994

8,260

8.9%

23,825

22,277

6.9%

Regional

3,420

3,566

(4.1%)

9,280

9,810

(5.4%)

Consolidated

12,414

11,826

5.0%

33,105

32,087

3.2%

CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)

Total

279,592

225,751

23.8%

748,434

622,264

20.3%

OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Mainline Departure Performance1

67.0%

64.4%

2.6 pts

Mainline Completion Factor

98.7%

99.0%

(0.3) pts

1Based on mainline scheduled flights departing by or before scheduled departure time

Note: See Part II, Item 6 Selected Financial Data of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 for the definition of these statistics