Delta’s Traffic Growth Beat the Capacity Growth Rate
Delta Air Lines (DAL) reported its November operating performance on December 4. In November, the airline’s traffic (revenue passenger miles) grew 4.2% YoY (year-over-year)—higher than its capacity growth of 3.8% during the same period. Delta has reported traffic growth in every month of 2018 except January. Year-to-date through November, the company’s traffic growth rate was 3.3%—almost on par with the capacity growth rate of 3.4%.