UAL Jan. Traffic Up 4.0% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - United Airlines (UAL) reported that its January consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 4.0 percent and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 4.7 percent versus January 2016. January consolidated load factor decreased 0.5 points compared to January 2016.

The company said the over 3.0 points of capacity growth in January 2017 was attributed to a higher completion percentage compared to January 2016 due to fewer winter weather disruptions in the month.

The company continues to expect first-quarter consolidated passenger unit revenue to be down 1.0 percent to up 1.0 percent compared to the first quarter of 2016.