News Release
Continental Airlines Reports September Load Factor
HOUSTON, Oct. 1, 2000 -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL and CAL.A) today reported a systemwide load factor of 72.4 percent in September, compared to 72.8 percent in September 1999.
In September 2000, Continental flew 5.2 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 7.2 billion available seat miles (ASMs), resulting in a traffic increase of 4.7 percent on a capacity increase of 5.2 percent versus September 1999. International traffic was 2.1 billion RPMs, up 7.5 percent from September 1999 and international capacity was 2.8 billion ASMs, up 8.4 percent from last year.
Continental Express, Continental’s wholly owned regional subsidiary, reported a 58.9 percent load factor in September, compared to 61.8 percent last September. Continental Express flew 249.0 million RPMs and 423.1 million ASMs in September, resulting in a traffic increase of 31.2 percent and a capacity increase of 37.8 percent versus last year.
PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC RESULTS
SEPTEMBER 2000 1999 Change
REVENUE PASSENGER
MILES (000)
Domestic 3,090,947 3,005,407 2.8 Percent
International 2,131,501 1,983,349 7.5 Percent
Transatlantic 1,130,935 990,683 14.2 Percent
Latin America 568,944 522,973 8.8 Percent
Pacific 431,622 469,693 (8.1) Percent
Total Jet 5,222,448 4,988,756 4.7 Percent
Cont'l. Express 249,036 189,865 31.2 Percent
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
Domestic 4,448,471 4,304,889 3.3 Percent
International 2,762,060 2,548,906 8.4 Percent
Transatlantic 1,346,369 1,225,538 9.9 Percent
Latin America 866,400 759,154 14.1 Percent
Pacific 549,291 564,214 (2.6) Percent
Total Jet 7,210,531 6,853,795 5.2 Percent
Cont'l. Express 423,083 307,065 37.8 Percent
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR
Domestic 69.5 Percent 69.8 Percent (0.3) Points
International 77.2 Percent 77.8 Percent (0.6) Points
Transatlantic 84.0 Percent 80.8 Percent 3.2 Points
Latin America 65.7 Percent 68.9 Percent (3.2) Points
Pacific 78.6 Percent 83.2 Percent (4.6) Points
Total Jet 72.4 Percent 72.8 Percent (0.4) Points
Cont'l. Express 58.9 Percent 61.8 Percent (2.9) Points
CARGO REVENUE TON
MILES (000)
Total 93,420 86,715 7.7 Percent
YEAR-TO-DATE 2000 1999 Change
REVENUE PASSENGER
MILES (000)
Domestic 29,713,560 28,517,855 4.2 Percent
International 19,107,011 16,533,318 15.6 Percent
Transatlantic 9,280,402 7,256,747 27.9 Percent
Latin America 6,073,948 5,396,854 12.5 Percent
Pacific 3,752,661 3,879,717 (3.3) Percent
Total Jet 48,820,571 45,051,173 8.4 Percent
Cont'l. Express 2,157,130 1,534,572 40.6 Percent
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
Domestic 39,903,564 39,028,847 2.2 Percent
International 24,782,887 21,923,491 13.0 Percent
Transatlantic 11,490,913 9,157,786 25.5 Percent
Latin America 8,301,963 7,529,744 10.3 Percent
Pacific 4,990,011 5,235,961 (4.7) Percent
Total Jet 64,686,451 60,952,338 6.1 Percent
Cont'l. Express 3,451,012 2,450,053 40.9 Percent
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR
Domestic 74.5 Percent 73.1 Percent 1.4 Points
International 77.1 Percent 75.4 Percent 1.7 Points
Transatlantic 80.8 Percent 79.2 Percent 1.6 Points
Latin America 73.2 Percent 71.7 Percent 1.5 Points
Pacific 75.2 Percent 74.1 Percent 1.1 Points
Total Jet 75.5 Percent 73.9 Percent 1.6 Points
Cont'l. Express 62.5 Percent 62.6 Percent (0.1) Points
CARGO REVENUE TON
MILES (000)
Total 810,578 705,801 14.8 Percent