Continental Airlines reports load factor of 83.8%

In May 2010,Continental flew 7.8 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 9.3 billion consolidated available seat miles (ASMs),resulting in a consolidated traffic increase of 3.7 percent and a consolidated capacity increase of 0.2 percent as compared to May 2009. In May 2010,Continental flew 7.0 billion mainline RPMs and 8.3 billion mainline ASMs,resulting in a mainline traffic increase of 3.2 percent and a mainline capacity decrease of 0.3 percent as compared to May 2009. Domestic mainline traffic was 3.4 billion RPMs in May 2010,down 1.4 percent from May 2009,and domestic mainline capacity was 4.0 billion ASMs,down 2.2 percent from May 2009.

For May 2010,consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile (RASM) is estimated to have increased between 23.0 and 24.0 percent compared to May 2009,while mainline RASM is estimated to have increased between 22.5 and 23.5 percent. For April 2010,consolidated passenger RASM increased 14.8 percent compared to April 2009,while mainline passenger RASM increased 12.6 percent compared to April 2009.

Continental’s regional operations had a May load factor of 81.0 percent,3.0 points above the May 2009 regional load factor. Regional RPMs were 834.2 million and regional ASMs were 1,030.3 million in May 2010,resulting in a traffic increase of 8.2 percent and a capacity increase of 4.2 percent versus May 2009.

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