ATLANTA, April 23, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines (Other OTC:DALRQ) today reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. Key points include:
* Delta's operating profit for the March 2007 quarter was $155
million, the company's fourth consecutive quarterly operating
profit.
* Delta's first quarter net loss was $130 million. Excluding
reorganization items, the net loss was $6 million. 1,2
* On April 16, 2007, Delta announced its creditors overwhelmingly
support the company's plan of reorganization, with more than 95
percent of ballots cast in favor of the plan.
* As of March 31, 2007, Delta had $4.0 billion in cash, cash
equivalents and short-term investments, of which $2.9 billion was
unrestricted.
Delta reported a net loss of $130 million in the first quarter of 2007, compared to a net loss of $2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2006. Excluding the reorganization and special items described below, the net loss was $6 million in the first quarter of 2007, a $350 million improvement compared to the net loss of $356 million in the first quarter of 2006. For the March 2007 quarter, Delta's operating income was $155 million and its operating margin was 3.7 percent -- an improvement of more than 8 points over the prior year period, excluding special items.
"The past 18 months have been challenging times and Delta people rose to that challenge. As these results show, much more has been done than improving our financial structure. Delta has fundamentally transformed into a thriving industry leader," said Gerald Grinstein, Delta's chief executive officer. "We are stronger -- financially, operationally, and in spirit -- and Delta is ready to return to its traditional leadership position in this highly competitive industry."
Financial Performance
Strong passenger demand, combined with Delta's network restructuring and revenue management initiatives, drove improvements in the company's revenue performance, with revenue strength seen in all geographic markets. Delta's total international passenger unit revenue (PRASM) grew 6.4 percent year over year excluding special items, with the Latin and trans-Atlantic markets each seeing greater than 5 percent PRASM improvement on 32 and 22 percent capacity increases, respectively. Domestic markets also showed solid PRASM performance, with domestic PRASM up 6.3 percent excluding special items on 5.4 percent lower capacity. With the change in mix of domestic and international flying, Delta's consolidated PRASM increased 4.5 percent in the March 2007 quarter compared to the same period in 2006, excluding special items.
Delta's length of haul adjusted PRASM increased 6.1 percent for the first quarter 2007 versus first quarter 2006. This increase was 4 points higher than the industry average PRASM (excluding Delta) increase of 2.1% over the same period.
Additionally, Delta continued to generate cost reductions from its restructuring. For the March 2007 quarter, Delta's operating expenses decreased 2.3 percent, or $94 million, despite a 2.0 percent increase in capacity, compared to the March 2006 quarter, excluding special items. For the same period, non-operating expenses decreased 20.3 percent, or $41 million, due to lower interest expense from lower debt levels and mark-to-market gains on fuel hedges. Delta's mainline unit costs in the first quarter of 2007 decreased by 6.3 percent compared to the first quarter of 2006, excluding special items. Excluding fuel(3) and special items, mainline unit costs decreased 8.7 percent over the prior year period.
Delta's March quarter 2006 results included $1.7 billion in non-cash charges for reorganization and special items. Including those items, March 2007 quarter PRASM increased 7.1 percent, operating expenses decreased 5.1 percent (or $215 million), and mainline unit costs decreased 9.8 percent, as compared to the March 2006 quarter.
At March 31, 2007, Delta had $4.0 billion in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, of which $2.9 billion was unrestricted. During the March 2007 quarter, Delta generated $461 million in free cash flow, after a $50 million contribution to its defined benefit pension plan and more than $150 million in capital expenditures to reinvest in its business.
"Our financial performance this quarter -- both operating margin improvement and liquidity -- exceeded expectations under our plan," said Edward H. Bastian, Delta's executive vice president and chief financial officer. "As we emerge from bankruptcy, we are well positioned to build on the momentum of our restructuring with best-in-class costs, improving revenue performance, a strong balance sheet, and the premiere workforce in the industry."
Operational Performance
In the March 2007 quarter, despite severe weather in the Northeast, Delta employees worked together to deliver a DOT on time arrival rate of 78.1 percent and completion factor of 98.0 percent for the quarter. Delta employees earned Shared Reward payments in the quarter in recognition of the strong performance in on time arrival rate and completion factor, as well as customer satisfaction.
"In overcoming the weather challenges this quarter, Delta people stepped to the plate to deliver both industry leading operational performance and the highest level of service to our customers," said Jim Whitehurst, Delta's chief operating officer. "As part of our customer service commitment this year, we will continue to improve our facilities, technology and processes to ensure we deliver an even better travel experience."
Fuel Hedging
Delta recorded $18 million in net charges for settled fuel hedge contracts for the March 2007 quarter. These charges are reflected in aircraft fuel expense. In addition, in the March 2007 quarter, the company recorded $24 million in gains associated with the ineffective portion of fuel hedges in other expense (income).
Delta's hedge position as of April 18, 2007:
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Percent Hedged Average Cap Average Floor
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Q2 2007 48% $1.91 $1.71
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Q3 2007 21% $1.94 $1.76
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Restructuring Progress
On Feb. 7, 2007, the Bankruptcy Court, with no creditors objecting, approved Delta's Disclosure Statement and authorized the company to begin soliciting approval from its creditors for the Plan of Reorganization. The unofficial vote tally announced on April 16, 2007, showed overwhelming creditor support with more than 95% of ballots cast in favor, which was confirmed in a filing with the Bankruptcy Court on April 18, 2007. A confirmation hearing for the Bankruptcy Court to consider approval of the Plan of Reorganization has been scheduled for April 25, 2007.
Reorganization and Special Items
In the first quarter of 2007, Delta recorded $124 million in charges for reorganization items. These charges relate primarily to allowed general unsecured prepetition claims granted to several contract carriers in Delta's Chapter 11 proceedings in connection with amendments to their contract carrier agreements.
In the first quarter of 2006, Delta recorded $1.7 billion in charges for reorganization items and accounting adjustments, including (1) a $1.4 billion charge for reorganization items, primarily reflecting estimated pre-petition bankruptcy claims for the restructuring of aircraft financing arrangements and (2) a $310 million net charge for certain accounting adjustments.
Information Regarding Delta's Current Common Stock
Holders of Delta's current common stock (ticker symbol DALRQ on the over-the-counter market) will receive no value under Delta's Plan of Reorganization, which is subject to confirmation by the Bankruptcy Court at a hearing on April 25, 2007. The company has recently provided the Depository Trust Corporation the required notice to have the current stock cancelled on April 30, 2007, the assumed effective date for Delta's Plan.
Other Matters
Included with this press release are Delta's Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007; a statistical summary for that period; selected balance sheet data as of March 31, 2007 and Dec. 31, 2006; and a reconciliation of certain GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures. The Consolidated Statements of Operations show Delta's net loss as reported under GAAP, as well as Delta's net loss excluding reorganization and special items.
About Delta
Delta Air Lines (Other OTC:DALRQ) offers customers service to more destinations than any global airline with Delta and Delta Connection carrier service to 307 destinations in 52 countries. With more than 60 new international routes added in the last year, Delta is America's fastest growing international airline and is the leader across the Atlantic with flights to 31 trans-Atlantic destinations. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers more than 600 weekly flights to 58 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on nearly 15,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 456 worldwide destinations in 100 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at delta.com.
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Endnotes
1 Note 3 to the attached Consolidated Statements of Operations provides a reconciliation of financial measures based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") to related non-GAAP financial measures used in this release and provides the reasons management uses the non-GAAP financial measures.
2 Reorganization items refers to revenues, expenses, gains or losses that are realized or incurred by us that are due to our reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. In accordance with GAAP, these items are required to be separately classified in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
3 Includes the impact of fuel reflected in the fuel expense line and fuel taxes reflected in other operating expense.
Statements in this news release that are not historical facts, including statements regarding our estimates, expectations, beliefs, intentions, projections or strategies for the future, may be "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the estimates, expectations, beliefs, intentions, projections and strategies reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, our ability to prosecute, confirm and consummate our proposed plan of reorganization with respect to the Chapter 11 proceedings; the actions and decisions of our creditors and other third parties with interests in our Chapter 11 proceedings; our ability to obtain court approval with respect to motions in the Chapter 11 proceedings prosecuted from time to time; our ability to obtain and maintain normal terms with vendors and service providers; our ability to maintain contracts that are critical to our operations; risks associated with third parties seeking and obtaining court approval to terminate or shorten the exclusivity period for us to propose and confirm one or more plans of reorganization, to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee or to convert the cases to Chapter 7 cases; the cost of aircraft fuel; the impact that our indebtedness will have on our financial and operating activities and our ability to incur additional debt; the restrictions that financial covenants in our financing agreements will have on our financial and business operations; labor issues; interruptions or disruptions in service at one of our hub airports; our increasing dependence on technology in our operations; our ability to retain management and key employees; restructurings by competitors; the effects of actual or threatened terrorist attacks; and competitive conditions in the airline industry.
Additional information concerning risks and uncertainties that could cause differences between actual results and forward-looking statements is contained in Delta's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, filed on March 2, 2007.
Current holders of Delta's equity will not receive any distributions under Delta's proposed Plan of Reorganization. These equity interests will be cancelled upon the effectiveness of the proposed Plan of Reorganization, which we believe will be shortly after the confirmation hearing on April 25, 2007. Accordingly, we urge that caution be exercised with respect to investments in Delta's existing equity securities and any of Delta's liabilities and other securities. Investors and other interested parties can obtain information about Delta's Chapter 11 filing on the Internet at delta.com/restructure. Court filings, claims information and our proposed Plan of Reorganization are available at deltadocket.com. Caution should be taken not to place undue reliance on Delta's forward-looking statements, which represent Delta's views only as of April 23, 2007, and which Delta has no current intention to update.
DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Debtor and Debtor-In Possession
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
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(In millions) 2007 2006 Change
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OPERATING REVENUE:
Passenger:
Mainline $ 2,796 $ 2,572 8.7%
Regional affiliates 947 858 10.4%
Cargo 112 123 -8.9%
Other, net 289 166 74.1%
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Total operating revenue 4,144 3,719 11.4%
OPERATING EXPENSE:
Aircraft fuel 920 929 -1.0%
Salaries and related costs 906 1,166 -22.3%
Contract carrier arrangements 717 609 17.7%
Depreciation and amortization 291 301 -3.3%
Contracted services 289 261 10.7%
Passenger commissions and other
selling expenses 220 212 3.8%
Landing fees and other rents 185 292 -36.6%
Aircraft maintenance materials
and outside repairs 184 196 -6.1%
Passenger service 70 71 -1.4%
Aircraft rent 70 95 -26.3%
Other 137 72 90.3%
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Total operating expense 3,989 4,204 -5.1%
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OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) 155 (485) NM
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OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME:
Interest expense (contractual
interest expense equals $412 and
$309 for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively) (200) (214) 6.5%
Interest income 10 12 -16.7%
Miscellaneous, net 29 -- NM
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Total other expense, net (161) (202) 20.3%
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LOSS BEFORE REORGANIZATION ITEMS (6) (687) 99.1%
REORGANIZATION ITEMS, NET (124) (1,403) 91.2%
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LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES (130) (2,090) 93.8%
INCOME TAX BENEFIT -- 21 NM
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NET LOSS (130) (2,069) 93.7%
PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS -- (2) NM
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NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON
SHAREOWNERS $ (130) $(2,071) 93.7%
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NET LOSS EXCLUDING REORGANIZATION
AND SPECIAL ITEMS - see Note 3 $ (6) $ (356) 98.3%
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OPERATING MARGIN 3.7% -13.0% 16.7 pts
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DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Debtor and Debtor-In Possession
Statistical Summary
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
------------------ Percent
2007 2006 Change
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Consolidated:
Revenue Passenger Miles (millions)
(a) 27,213 26,384 3.1%
Available Seat Miles (millions) (a) 35,279 34,602 2.0%
Passenger Mile Yield (a) 13.75 C 13.00 C 5.8%
Passenger Mile Yield - excluding
special items - see Note 3 (a) 13.75 C 13.32 C 3.2%
Operating Revenue Per Available
Seat Mile (a) 11.75 C 10.75 C 9.3%
Passenger Revenue Per Available
Seat Mile (a) 10.61 C 9.91 C 7.1%
Passenger Revenue Per Available
Seat Mile - excluding special items
- see Note 3 (a) 10.61 C 10.15 C 4.5%
Operating Cost Per Available Seat
Mile (a) 11.31 C 12.15 C -6.9%
Operating Cost Per Available Seat
Mile - excluding special items
- see Note 3 (a) 11.31 C 11.80 C -4.2%
Operating Cost Per Available Seat
Mile - excluding fuel3 and special
items - see Note 3 (a) 8.62 C 9.03 C -4.5%
Passenger Load Factor (a) 77.1% 76.2% 0.9 pts
Breakeven Passenger Load Factor (a) 73.9% 87.0% -13.1 pts
Breakeven Passenger Load Factor
- excluding special items- see
Note 3 (a) 73.9% 80.1% -6.2 pts
Passengers Enplaned (thousands) (a) 25,325 25,531 -0.8%
Fuel Gallons Consumed (millions) 491 500 -1.8%
Average Price Per Fuel Gallon, net
of hedging activity $ 1.93 $ 1.92 0.5%
Number of Aircraft in Fleet, End of
Period 584 638 -8.5%
Full-Time Equivalent Employees, End
of Period 52,260 53,735 -2.7%
Mainline:
Revenue Passenger Miles (millions) 22,994 22,481 2.3%
Available Seat Miles (millions) 29,554 29,428 0.4%
Operating Cost Per Available Seat
Mile 10.03 C 11.12 C -9.8%
Operating Cost Per Available Seat
Mile - excluding special items -
see Note 3 10.03 C 10.71 C -6.3%
Operating Costs Per Available Seat
Mile - excluding fuel(3) and
special items - see Note 3 7.06 C 7.73 C -8.7%
Number of Aircraft in Fleet, End of
Period 440 469 -6.2%
C = cents
(a) Includes the operations under our contract carrier agreements
with Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., Chautauqua Airlines,
Inc., Freedom Airlines, Inc., Shuttle America Corporation, and
SkyWest, Inc. for all periods presented; and
ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. from February 27, 2007 to March
31, 2007.
DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Debtor and Debtor-In Possession
Selected Balance Sheet Data
(In Millions)
March 31, December 31,
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2007 2006
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(Unaudited)
Cash and cash equivalents (a) $ 2,093 $ 2,034
Short-term investments 790 614
Restricted cash, including noncurrent 1,113 802
Total assets 19,811 19,622
Total debt and capital leases, including
current maturities 8,011 8,012
Total liabilities subject to compromise 19,349 19,817
Total shareowners' deficit (13,676) (13,593)
(a) Cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2007 and December 31,
2006, includes $187 million and $156 million, respectively,
which is set aside for the payment of certain operational taxes
and fees to governmental authorities.
Note 1: June 2007 Quarter and 2007 Full Year Guidance
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Q2 2007 Forecast 2007 Forecast
(compared to Q2 2006) (compared to 2006)
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Operating margin (excluding
profit sharing) 11 - 13%
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Fuel price, including taxes $2.09 $2.08
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Mainline unit costs,
excluding fuel3 and profit
sharing Down 2 - 4% Down 5 - 7%
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System Capacity Up 0 - 2% Up 2 - 4%
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Domestic Down 4 - 6% Down 2 - 4%
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International Up 14 - 16% Up 16 - 18%
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Mainline Capacity Down 1 - Up 1% Up 1 - 3%
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Domestic Down 7 - 9% Down 5 - 7%
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International Up 14 - 16% Up 16 - 18%
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Note 2: March 2007 Quarter Traffic, Capacity, Load Factor, Yield and
Unit Revenue vs. March 2006 Quarter (excluding the impact of
2006 special items)
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Year-Over-Year Change
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North Latin
America America Atlantic Pacific
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Traffic (4.4%) 32.9% 25.3% (1.2%)
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Capacity (5.4%) 31.5% 22.1% 0.1%
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Load Factor 0.8 pts 0.8 pts 2.0 pts (1.1) pts
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Yield 5.2% 4.4% 3.6% 10.7%
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Passenger Unit Revenue 6.3% 5.6% 6.5% 9.2%
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Note 3: The following tables show reconciliation of certain financial
measures adjusted for the items shown below.
* Delta excludes reorganization and special items because management
believes the exclusion of these items is helpful to investors to
evaluate the company's recurring operational performance.
* Delta presents length of haul adjusted PRASM excluding charter
revenue because management believes this provides a more meaningful
comparison of the company's PRASM to the industry.
* Delta presents mainline CASM excluding fuel expense because
management believes the high volatility of fuel prices masks the
progress that Delta achieved toward its business plan targets.
* Delta presents free cash flow because management believes this
metric is helpful to investors to evaluate changes in the
company's liquidity position.
Three Months Ended
March 31
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(in millions) 2007 2006
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Net loss $ (130) $(2,069)
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 310
Reorganization items, net 124 1,403
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Total items excluded 124 1,713
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Net loss excluding reorganization and special
items $ (6) $ (356)
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(in millions)
Passenger revenue $ 3,743 $ 3,430
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 83
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Total items excluded -- 83
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Passenger revenue excluding special items $ 3,743 $ 3,513
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Adjustment for charter revenue (25) (35)
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Passenger revenue excluding special items
and charter revenue $ 3,718 $ 3,478
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Passenger mile yield 13.75 C 13.00 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 0.32
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Total items excluded -- 0.32
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Passenger mile yield excluding special
items 13.75 C 13.32 C
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PRASM 10.61 C 9.91 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 0.24
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Total items excluded -- 0.24
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PRASM excluding special items 10.61 10.15
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Adjustment for charter revenue (0.05) (0.06)
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PRASM excluding special items and charter
revenue 10.56 C 10.09 C
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Length of haul adjustment (0.46) (0.57)
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Length of Haul adjusted PRASM excluding
special items and charter revenues 10.10 C 9.52 C
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(in millions)
North America passenger revenue $ 2,800 $ 2,723
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 61
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Total items excluded -- 61
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North America passenger revenue excluding
special items $ 2,800 $ 2,784
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(in millions)
International passenger revenue $ 917 $ 672
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 22
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Total items excluded -- 22
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International passenger revenue excluding
special items $ 917 $ 694
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(in millions)
Latin America passenger revenue $ 330 $ 232
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 6
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Total items excluded -- 6
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Latin America passenger revenue excluding
special items $ 330 $ 238
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(in millions)
Atlantic passenger revenue $ 556 $ 412
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 15
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Total items excluded -- 15
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Atlantic passenger revenue excluding
special items $ 556 $ 427
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(in millions)
Pacific passenger revenue $ 31 $ 28
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 1
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Total items excluded -- 1
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Pacific passenger revenue excluding special
items $ 31 $ 29
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North America yield 14.73 C 13.70 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 0.30
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Total items excluded -- 0.30
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North America yield excluding special items 14.73 C 14.00 C
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Latin America yield 11.98 C 11.22 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 0.26
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Total items excluded -- 0.26
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Latin America yield excluding special items 11.98 C 11.48 C
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Atlantic yield 10.82 C 10.05 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 0.39
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Total items excluded -- 0.39
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Atlantic yield excluding special items 10.82 C 10.44 C
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Pacific yield 11.20 C 9.82 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 0.30
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Total items excluded -- 0.30
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Pacific yield excluding special items 11.20 C 10.12 C
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North America PRASM 11.46 C 10.54 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 0.24
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Total items excluded -- 0.24
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North America PRASM excluding special items
11.46 C 10.78 C
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International PRASM 8.52 C 7.76 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 0.25
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Total items excluded -- 0.25
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International PRASM excluding special items 8.52 C 8.01 C
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Latin America PRASM 8.94 C 8.28 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 0.19
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Total items excluded -- 0.19
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Latin America PRASM excluding special items 8.94 C 8.47 C
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Atlantic PRASM 8.23 C 7.45 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 0.28
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Total items excluded -- 0.28
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Atlantic PRASM excluding special items 8.23 C 7.73 C
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Pacific PRASM 9.59 C 8.52 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 0.26
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Total items excluded -- 0.26
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Pacific PRASM excluding special items 9.59 C 8.78 C
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(in millions)
Operating revenue $ 4,144 $ 3,719
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 189
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Total items excluded -- 189
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Operating revenue excluding special items $ 4,144 $ 3,908
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(in millions)
Operating expenses $ 3,989 $ 4,204
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- (121)
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Total items excluded
-- (121)
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Operating expenses excluding special
items $ 3,989 $ 4,083
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Fuel expense and related taxes (949) (959)
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Operating expenses excluding fuel
expense, related taxes and special
items $ 3,040 $ 3,124
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(in millions)
Mainline operating expenses $ 2,963 $ 3,273
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- (121)
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Total items excluded
-- (121)
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Mainline operating expenses
excluding special items $ 2,963 $ 3,152
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Fuel expense and related taxes (876) (878)
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Mainline operating expenses excluding
fuel expense, related taxes and
special items $ 2,087 $ 2,274
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CASM 11.31 C 12.15 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- (0.35)
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Total items excluded
-- (0.35)
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CASM excluding special items 11.31 C 11.80 C
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Fuel expense and related taxes (2.69) (2.77)
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CASM excluding fuel expense, related
taxes and special items 8.62 C 9.03 C
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Mainline CASM 10.03 C 11.12 C
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- (0.41)
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Total items excluded
-- (0.41)
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Mainline CASM excluding special items 10.03 C 10.71 C
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Fuel expense and related taxes (2.97) (2.98)
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Mainline CASM excluding fuel expense,
related taxes and special items 7.06 C 7.73 C
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(in millions)
Operating income (loss) $ 155 $ (485)
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 310
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Total items excluded
-- 310
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Operating income (loss) excluding
special items $ 155 $ (175)
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Operating margin 3.7 % (13.0)%
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- 8.5
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Total items excluded
-- 8.5
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Operating margin excluding special
items 3.7 % (4.5)%
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Breakeven load factor 73.9 % 87.0 %
Items excluded:
Accounting Adjustments -- (6.9)
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Total items excluded
-- (6.9)
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Breakeven load factor excluding
special items 73.9 % 80.1 %
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(in millions)
Net cash provided by operating
activities $ 360
Net cash used in investing
activities
____________________________________ (75)
Adjustment:
Increase in short-term investments,
net 176
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Total adjustment
176
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Free Cash Flow $ 461
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C = cents