Continental Airlines Reports August 2010 Operational Performance

Both load factors were records for the month. The carrier reported an August domestic mainline load factor of 88.4 percent, 0.4 points below the August 2009 domestic mainline load factor, and a record international mainline load factor of 86.1 percent, 1.5 points above August 2009.

During August, Continental recorded a U.S. Department of Transportation on-time arrival rate of 87.1 percent and a mainline segment completion factor of 99.9 percent.

In August 2010, Continental flew 8.7 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 10.1 billion consolidated available seat miles (ASMs), resulting in a consolidated traffic decrease of 0.4 percent and a capacity decrease of 1.1 percent as compared to August 2009. In August 2010, Continental flew 7.9 billion mainline RPMs and 9.0 billion mainline ASMs, resulting in a mainline traffic decrease of 0.7 percent and a mainline capacity decrease of 1.3 percent compared to the same period last year. Domestic mainline traffic was 3.8 billion RPMs in August 2010, down 2.6 percent from August 2009, and domestic mainline capacity was 4.3 billion ASMs, down 2.1 percent from August 2009.

For August 2010, both consolidated and mainline passenger revenue per available seat mile (RASM) are estimated to have increased between 18.0 and 19.0 percent compared to August 2009. For July 2010, consolidated passenger RASM increased 21.2 percent compared to July 2009, while mainline passenger RASM increased 21.9 percent compared to the same period last year.

Continental's regional operations had a record August load factor of 80.5 percent, 1.3 points above the August 2009 regional load factor. Regional RPMs were 877.7 million and regional ASMs were 1,089.9 million in August 2010, resulting in a traffic increase of 2.0 percent and a capacity increase of 0.3 percent versus August 2009.


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