Exhibit 99.1
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Delta Reports Financial and Operating Performance for May 2017
ATLANTA, June 2, 2017 – Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported financial and operating performance for May 2017.
Consolidated passenger unit revenue (PRASM) for the month of May increased 3.5% year over year.
The company’s financial and operating performance is detailed below.
Preliminary Financial and Operating Results
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| May consolidated PRASM change year over year | 3.5% |
| May mainline completion factor | 99.9% |
| May on-time performance (preliminary DOT A14) | 82.7% |
Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each year. In 2017, Delta was named to Fortune’s top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the sixth time in seven years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented six consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 335 destinations in 62 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs more than 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in the industry’s leading transatlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport facilities, global products and services, and technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta, and Facebook.com/delta.
| Monthly Traffic Results (a) | Year to Date Traffic Results (a) | |||||||||||||
| May 2017 | May 2016 | Change | May 2017 | May 2016 | Change | |||||||||
| RPMs (000): | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic | 11,787,947 | 11,459,913 | 2.9% | 52,904,560 | 51,872,003 | 2.0% | ||||||||
| Delta Mainline | 10,020,290 | 9,635,993 | 4.0% | 44,701,384 | 43,517,344 | 2.7% | ||||||||
| Regional | 1,767,657 | 1,823,920 | (3.1%) | 8,203,176 | 8,354,659 | (1.8%) | ||||||||
| International | 7,356,844 | 7,360,901 | (0.1%) | 31,794,075 | 32,011,720 | (0.7%) | ||||||||
| Latin America | 1,721,415 | 1,595,726 | 7.9% | 9,474,125 | 8,979,960 | 5.5% | ||||||||
| Delta Mainline | 1,687,402 | 1,552,902 | 8.7% | 9,284,019 | 8,731,750 | 6.3% | ||||||||
| Regional | 34,013 | 42,824 | (20.6%) | 190,106 | 248,210 | (23.4%) | ||||||||
| Atlantic | 3,928,212 | 3,750,627 | 4.7% | 14,179,128 | 13,737,475 | 3.2% | ||||||||
| Pacific | 1,707,217 | 2,014,548 | (15.3%) | 8,140,822 | 9,294,285 | (12.4%) | ||||||||
| Total System | 19,144,790 | 18,820,814 | 1.7% | 84,698,635 | 83,883,723 | 1.0% | ||||||||
| ASMs (000): | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic | 13,486,157 | 13,207,709 | 2.1% | 62,492,174 | 61,637,836 | 1.4% | ||||||||
| Delta Mainline | 11,332,532 | 10,984,252 | 3.2% | 52,038,990 | 51,018,070 | 2.0% | ||||||||
| Regional | 2,153,625 | 2,223,457 | (3.1%) | 10,453,184 | 10,619,766 | (1.6%) | ||||||||
| International | 8,585,967 | 8,861,417 | (3.1%) | 38,077,015 | 39,381,603 | (3.3%) | ||||||||
| Latin America | 1,965,588 | 1,898,479 | 3.5% | 11,004,753 | 10,840,644 | 1.5% | ||||||||
| Delta Mainline | 1,922,637 | 1,843,297 | 4.3% | 10,753,160 | 10,524,580 | 2.2% | ||||||||
| Regional | 42,951 | 55,182 | (22.2%) | 251,593 | 316,064 | (20.4%) | ||||||||
| Atlantic | 4,613,063 | 4,649,809 | (0.8%) | 17,467,721 | 17,782,332 | (1.8%) | ||||||||
| Pacific | 2,007,316 | 2,313,129 | (13.2%) | 9,604,542 | 10,758,627 | (10.7%) | ||||||||
| Total System | 22,072,124 | 22,069,126 | 0.0% | 100,569,190 | 101,019,439 | (0.4%) | ||||||||
| Load Factor: | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic | 87.4% | 86.8% | 0.6 | pts | 84.7% | 84.2% | 0.5 | pts | ||||||
| Delta Mainline | 88.4% | 87.7% | 0.7 | pts | 85.9% | 85.3% | 0.6 | pts | ||||||
| Regional | 82.1% | 82.0% | 0.1 | pts | 78.5% | 78.7% | (0.2) | pts | ||||||
| International | 85.7% | 83.1% | 2.6 | pts | 83.5% | 81.3% | 2.2 | pts | ||||||
| Latin America | 87.6% | 84.1% | 3.5 | pts | 86.1% | 82.8% | 3.3 | pts | ||||||
| Delta Mainline | 87.8% | 84.2% | 3.6 | pts | 86.3% | 83.0% | 3.3 | pts | ||||||
| Regional | 79.2% | 77.6% | 1.6 | pts | 75.6% | 78.5% | (2.9) | pts | ||||||
| Atlantic | 85.2% | 80.7% | 4.5 | pts | 81.2% | 77.3% | 3.9 | pts | ||||||
| Pacific | 85.0% | 87.1% | (2.1) | pts | 84.8% | 86.4% | (1.6) | pts | ||||||
| Total System | 86.7% | 85.3% | 1.4 | pts | 84.2% | 83.0% | 1.2 | pts | ||||||
| Mainline Completion Factor | 99.9% | 99.9% | 0.0 | pts | ||||||||||
| Passengers Boarded | 16,499,863 | 16,340,927 | 1.0% | 73,874,518 | 73,497,747 | 0.5% | ||||||||
| Cargo Ton Miles (000): | 183,913 | 163,920 | 12.2% | 829,109 | 800,845 | 3.5% | ||||||||
a Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements