Continental Airlines reported a February consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 77.0 percent, 1.0 point above the February 2006 consolidated load factor, and a mainline load factor of…
Continental Airlines reported a February consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 77.0 percent, 1.0 point above the February 2006 consolidated load factor, and a mainline load factor of 77.1 percent, 1.0 point above the February 2006 mainline load factor. Both load factors were records for the month. In addition, the carrier reported a domestic mainline load factor of 80.7 percent, 0.3 points below February 2006, and an international mainline load factor of 73.2 percent, 2.7 points above February 2006.
During the month, Continental recorded a U.S. Department of Transportation on-time arrival rate of 73.7 percent and a February mainline completion factor of 99.4 percent.
In February 2007, Continental flew 6.5 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 8.4 billion consolidated available seat miles (ASMs), resulting in a traffic increase of 7.6 percent and a capacity increase of 6.2 percent as compared to February 2006. In February 2007, Continental flew 5.8 billion mainline RPMs and 7.5 billion mainline ASMs, resulting in a mainline traffic increase of 8.1 percent and a 6.6 percent increase in mainline capacity as compared to February 2006. Domestic mainline traffic was 3.2 billion RPMs in February 2007, up 5.8 percent from February 2006, and domestic mainline capacity was 4.0 billion ASMs, up 6.2 percent from February 2006.
For February 2007, consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile (RASM) is estimated to have increased between 1.5 percent and 2.5 percent compared to February 2006, while mainline passenger RASM is estimated to have increased between 3.0 and 4.0 percent compared to February 2006. For January 2007, consolidated passenger RASM increased 2.7 percent compared to January 2006, while mainline passenger RASM increased 4.4 percent from January 2006.
Continental`s regional operations had a record February load factor of 75.5 percent, 0.5 points above the February 2006 load factor. Regional RPMs were 721.6 million and regional ASMs were 955.2 million in February 2007, resulting in a traffic increase of 4.0 percent and a capacity increase of 3.3 percent versus February 2006.
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