Delta Air Lines Reports December Traffic Up 2.4% yoy

Delta Air Lines DAL today reported traffic results for December 2010. System traffic in December 2010 increased 2.4 percent compared to December 2009 on a 3.9 percent increase in capacity. Load factor decreased 1.1 points to 80.1 percent. Domestic traffic increased 0.5 percent year over year on a 1.2 percent increase in capacity. Domestic load factor decreased 0.6 points to 79.6 percent. International traffic increased 5.3 percent year over year on an 8.1 percent increase in capacity, and load factor decreased 2.1 points to 80.7 percent.