United Sees Increase in Traffic, Capacity, Load Factor for November

United Airlines announced operational results for November 2018. The carrier’s consolidated traffic and capacity were up year-over-year, as was its load factor.

Total traffic for the Chicago-based airline during the month of November was 18.23 billion RPMs, or revenue passenger miles, an increase of 7.1% from 17.02 billion RPMs in November 2017. The carrier’s total capacity for the month was up 5.5% to 21.96 billion ASMs, or available seat miles, from 20.80 billion ASMs the previous November.

United reported an increase of 9.6% in international traffic for the period, while its international capacity rose by 4.9%. The airline saw a 5.4% increase in domestic traffic, with a 6% rise in domestic capacity.

Meanwhile, United’s consolidated load factor increased, up 1.2 percentage points to 83% from 81.8% in November 2017.

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