Delta Air Lines Reports November Traffic

Domestic traffic decreased 4.6 percent year over year on a 4.2 percent decrease in capacity. Domestic load factor decreased 0.3 points to 79.8 percent. International traffic decreased 11.2 percent year over year on a 14.9 percent decrease in capacity, and load factor increased 3.3 points to 79.2 percent.

                               Delta Air Lines

                         Monthly Traffic Results (a)



                          November 2009  November 2008  Change

                          -------------  -------------  ------

  RPMs (000):

  Domestic                    8,631,052      9,043,773    (4.6%)

    Mainline                  6,716,260      7,151,025    (6.1%)

    Regional                  1,914,792      1,892,748      1.2%

  International               4,943,456      5,567,587   (11.2%)

    Latin America               747,481        698,526      7.0%

      Mainline                  731,152        678,188      7.8%

      Regional                   16,329         20,338   (19.7%)

    Atlantic                  2,625,176      3,132,446   (16.2%)

    Pacific                   1,570,799      1,736,615    (9.5%)

  System                     13,574,508     14,611,360    (7.1%)



  ASMs (000):

  Domestic                   10,815,203     11,285,756    (4.2%)

    Mainline                  8,316,283      8,742,075    (4.9%)

    Regional                  2,498,920      2,543,681    (1.8%)

  International               6,244,266      7,336,114   (14.9%)

    Latin America               997,694        980,398      1.8%

       Mainline                 974,660        950,210      2.6%

       Regional                  23,034         30,188   (23.7%)

    Atlantic                  3,352,390      4,276,310   (21.6%)

    Pacific                   1,894,182      2,079,406    (8.9%)

  System                     17,059,469     18,621,870    (8.4%)



  Load Factor

  Domestic                         79.8%          80.1%    (0.3)  pts

    Mainline                       80.8%          81.8%    (1.0)  pts

    Regional                       76.6%          74.4%     2.2   pts

  International                    79.2%          75.9%     3.3   pts

    Latin America                  74.9%          71.2%     3.7   pts

       Mainline                    75.0%          71.4%     3.6   pts

       Regional                    70.9%          67.4%     3.5   pts

    Atlantic                       78.3%          73.3%     5.0   pts

    Pacific                        82.9%          83.5%    (0.6)  pts

  System                           79.6%          78.5%     1.1   pts



  Passengers Boarded         12,164,039     12,845,448    (5.3%)



  Mainline Completion

   Factor                          99.5%          99.4%     0.1  pts



  Cargo Ton Miles (000):

    Mail                          8,547          8,279      3.2%

    Freight                     217,169        200,901      8.1%

    System                      225,716        209,180      7.9%



  Endnote:

  (a) Results include Delta and Northwest operations, as well as

  flights operated under contract carrier arrangements, for all

  periods presented.













                                Delta Air Lines

                       Year to Date Traffic Results (a)



                      November 2009  November 2008  Change

                      -------------  -------------  ------

  RPMs (000):

  Domestic              106,902,651    113,405,493    (5.7%)

    Mainline             83,831,000     90,572,557    (7.4%)

    Regional             23,071,652     22,832,935      1.0%

  International          67,364,595     73,454,313    (8.3%)

    Latin America        10,106,507     10,895,430    (7.2%)

      Mainline            9,921,755     10,409,041    (4.7%)

      Regional              184,752        486,389   (62.0%)

    Atlantic             39,359,516     42,013,275    (6.3%)

    Pacific              17,898,573     20,545,608   (12.9%)

  System                174,267,247    186,859,806    (6.7%)



  ASMs (000):

  Domestic              128,584,532    136,464,736    (5.8%)

    Mainline             98,866,206    107,105,603    (7.7%)

    Regional             29,718,326     29,359,133      1.2%

  International          83,635,345     90,015,208    (7.1%)

    Latin America        13,009,223     13,713,833    (5.1%)

       Mainline          12,746,562     13,070,716    (2.5%)

       Regional             262,661        643,117   (59.2%)

    Atlantic             48,622,809     52,195,067    (6.8%)

    Pacific              22,003,313     24,106,308    (8.7%)

  System                212,219,877    226,479,945    (6.3%)



  Load Factor

  Domestic                     83.1%          83.1%     0.0   pts

    Mainline                   84.8%          84.6%     0.2   pts

    Regional                   77.6%          77.8%    (0.2)  pts

  International                80.5%          81.6%    (1.1)  pts

    Latin America              77.7%          79.4%    (1.7)  pts

       Mainline                77.8%          79.6%    (1.8)  pts

       Regional                70.3%          75.6%    (5.3)  pts

    Atlantic                   80.9%          80.5%     0.4   pts

    Pacific                    81.3%          85.2%    (3.9)  pts

  System                       82.1%          82.5%    (0.4)  pts



  Passengers Boarded    148,554,491    158,218,439    (6.1%)



  Cargo Ton Miles

   (000):

    Mail                     77,878        101,146   (23.0%)

    Freight               1,989,554      2,585,440   (23.0%)

    System                2,067,432      2,686,586   (23.0%)



  Endnote:

  (a) Results include Delta and Northwest operations, as well as

  flights operated under contract carrier arrangements, for all

  periods presented.

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