How Did Delta Perform Operationally In February?
After a challenging 2016 and a tumultuous start to 2017, Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) was seen trading roughly in line after it released its February traffic report. The traffic report was in line with the company’s capacity guidance, with system-wide capacity down -3.4% y-o-y in February. Most of this decline in capacity stems from the company’s continued efforts at streamlining international routes, primarily in the Pacific region, in order to promote efficiency. Furthermore, owing to the company’s capacity discipline, Delta saw an increment in its February load factor, which was up 140 bps to 81.1%. However, the growth in passenger traffic was disappointing at -1.7% y-o-y, owing to a -4.4% decline in traffic on its international routes, while the number of passengers boarded also declined -1.5% y-o-y in the month.
In a turn of events, Delta managed to keep its unit revenue growth flat in February, after a -2.5% fall in January, which the company attributed to the winter storm Helena. Although this is great news, it still leads to doubts on the company’s ability to be able to turn around its unit revenues to positive 2% in the first quarter.
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