Continental Airlines Reports January 2010 Operational Performance

Both January load factors were records for the month. The carrier reported a domestic mainline January load factor of 78.2 percent, 1.6 points above the January 2009 domestic mainline load factor, and a record international mainline load factor of 77.8 percent, 6.1 points above January 2009.

During January, Continental recorded a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on-time arrival rate of 82.3 percent and a mainline segment completion factor of 99.5 percent.

In January 2010, Continental flew 7.0 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 9.0 billion consolidated available seat miles (ASMs), resulting in a consolidated traffic increase of 8.5 percent and a capacity increase of 2.8 percent as compared to January 2009. In January 2010, Continental flew 6.3 billion mainline RPMs and 8.1 billion mainline ASMs, resulting in a mainline traffic increase of 8.6 percent and a mainline capacity increase of 3.1 percent as compared to January 2009. Domestic mainline traffic was 2.9 billion RPMs in January 2010, up 2.4 percent from January 2009, and domestic mainline capacity was 3.7 billion ASMs, up 0.2 percent from January 2009.

For January 2010, consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile (RASM) is estimated to have decreased between 1.0 and 2.0 percent compared to January 2009, while mainline RASM is estimated to have decreased between 2.5 and 3.5 percent. For December 2009, consolidated passenger RASM decreased 4.1 percent compared to December 2008, while mainline passenger RASM decreased 4.8 percent compared to December 2008.

Continental's regional operations had a January load factor of 70.7 percent, 4.2 points above the January 2009 regional load factor. Regional RPMs were 696.8 million and regional ASMs were 984.9 million in January 2010, resulting in a traffic increase of 7.4 percent and a capacity increase of 0.9 percent versus January 2009.

                             PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC RESULTS



  JANUARY                        2010              2009   Change

  REVENUE PASSENGER

   MILES (000)

    Domestic                2,912,661         2,845,229   2.4  Percent



    International           3,365,819         2,934,385  14.7  Percent

    Transatlantic           1,489,850         1,316,265  13.2  Percent

    Latin America           1,167,462         1,060,217  10.1  Percent

    Pacific                   708,507           557,903  27.0  Percent



    Mainline                6,278,480         5,779,614   8.6  Percent

    Regional                  696,803           648,796   7.4  Percent

    Consolidated            6,975,283         6,428,410   8.5  Percent



  AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

    Domestic                3,724,256         3,715,726   0.2  Percent



    International           4,327,218         4,094,507   5.7  Percent

    Transatlantic           1,947,216         2,033,485  -4.2  Percent

    Latin America           1,449,383         1,327,087   9.2  Percent

    Pacific                   930,619           733,935  26.8  Percent



    Mainline                8,051,474         7,810,233   3.1  Percent

    Regional                  984,944           975,959   0.9  Percent

    Consolidated            9,036,418         8,786,192   2.8  Percent



  PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR

    Domestic             78.2 Percent      76.6 Percent   1.6  Points



    International        77.8 Percent      71.7 Percent   6.1  Points

    Transatlantic        76.5 Percent      64.7 Percent  11.8  Points

    Latin America        80.5 Percent      79.9 Percent   0.6  Points

    Pacific              76.1 Percent      76.0 Percent   0.1  Points



    Mainline             78.0 Percent      74.0 Percent   4.0  Points

    Regional             70.7 Percent      66.5 Percent   4.2  Points

    Consolidated         77.2 Percent      73.2 Percent   4.0  Points



  ONBOARD PASSENGERS

    Mainline                3,453,155         3,384,402   2.0  Percent

    Regional                1,253,951         1,179,839   6.3  Percent

    Consolidated            4,707,106         4,564,241   3.1  Percent



  CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)

    Total                      64,381            63,103   2.0  Percent





                      PRELIMINARY OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL RESULTS



  JANUARY                                     2010        2009  Change

  On-Time Performance (1)                    82.3%       77.4%  4.9  Points

  Completion Factor (2)                      99.5%       99.3%  0.2  Points

  December 2009 year-over-year consolidated RASM change        (4.1) Percent

  December 2009 year-over-year mainline RASM change            (4.8) Percent

  January 2010 estimated year-over-year consolidated

   RASM change                                        (1.0) - (2.0)  Percent

  January 2010 estimated year-over-year mainline

   RASM change                                        (2.5) - (3.5)  Percent

  January 2010 estimated average price per gallon of

   fuel, including fuel taxes                                  2.16  Dollars

  First Quarter 2010 estimated average price per gallon 

  of fuel, including fuel taxes                                2.10  Dollars



  (1) Department of Transportation Arrivals within 14 minutes

  (2) Mainline Segment Completion Percentage

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