United Airlines Posts Record 90.7% Revenue Load Factor
CHICAGO, Dec. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines (NYSE: UAL)
announced today it established a company record revenue load factor of 90.7
percent on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002. The revenue load factor measures the
percentage of available seats filled with revenue-paying passengers.
"Last Saturday United filled the greatest percentage of seats with revenue
passengers of any single day in the airline's 77-year history dating back to
1926," said Pete McDonald, executive vice president. "We are grateful for the
support of the nearly 250,000 customers who flew with us that day, the tens of
millions of customers who fly with us year-round and the employees of United
who are delivering exceptional service."
The 90.7 percent load factor shattered a mark of 90.5 percent that was set
Dec. 1, 2002 during the Thanksgiving holiday travel season.
News releases and other information about United Airlines can be found at
the company's website, http://www.united.com .
Roger
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