United Airlines Inc., a part of United Continental Holdings Inc. (UAL), said Tuesday that its consolidated traffic in April slid 3.8 percent from last year, on a 2.6 percent decline in capacity.
In April, consolidated traffic, expressed as revenue passenger miles (RPM), fell 3.8 percent to 16.5 billion RPMs from 17.2 billion RPMs a year ago.
Consolidated capacity, or available seat miles (ASM), declined 2.6 percent to 20.2 billion ASMs from 20.8 billion ASMs in the prior year.
Consolidated passenger load factor fell 1 point to 81.7 percent.
The number of passengers who patronized its airplanes were lower by 4.8 percent at 11.3 million.
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