Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) reported that its traffic for January decreased by 5%, while its load factor rose by 0.5 points over last year.
Traffic for January declined 5% to 13.81 billion revenue passenger miles or RPMs from 14.53 billion RPMs in the prior year month.
Domestic traffic fell 2.7% to 8.45 billion RPMs, while international traffic slipped by 8.3% to 5.36 billion RPMs for the quarter.
Capacity fell 5.6% to 18.01 billion available seat miles or ASMs from 19.08 billion ASMs in the year-ago month.
Domestic capacity dropped 1.9% to 11.15 billion ASMs, and international capacity declined 11% to 6.87 billion ASMs over a year earlier.
Load factor improved 0.5 points to 76.6% from 76.1% in January 2009.
Domestic load factor fell 0.6 points to 75.8%, but international load factor increased 2.3 points to 78.0% from a year ago.
During the month, the airline boarded 11.63 million passengers, down 4.4% from 12.17 million passengers last year.
Cargo ton miles improved 2.3% to 153.30 million from 149.84 million in the prior year month.
DAL is currently trading at $11.51, down 91 cents or -7.33% on a volume of 11.59 million shares.
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