United Sees Increase in Traffic, Load Factor for July

United Airlines announced operational results for July 2015.  The carrier’s consolidated traffic, capacity, and load factor for the month were all up year-over-year.

Total traffic for the Chicago-based airline during the month of July was 20.463 billion RPMs, or revenue passenger miles, an increase of 2.8% from 19.9 billion RPMs in July 2014.  The carrier’s total capacity for the month was up 2.4%, to 23.51 billion ASMs, or available seat miles, from 22.95 ASMs last July.

United’s consolidated load factor also increased slightly, up 0.3 percentage points to 87% from 86.7% in July 2014.

In terms of international traffic, United saw a rise of 4.6%, while its international capacity increased by 4.9%.  Meanwhile, the carrier saw a 4.5% increase in domestic revenue passenger miles, with a 3.6% increase in domestic available seat miles.

Mainline RPMs increased 4.6% with an increase of 4.2% in mainline ASMs, while regional RPMs decreased 9.4% with a 9.9% decrease in regional ASMs.

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