hatbutton From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 1453 posts, RR: 15 Reply 2, posted (1 year 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 3153 times:
Note though that they actually had a $22m loss but the $70m they received from DL for the DCA/LGA slot swap agreement pushed them to a profit. So I wouldn't get overly excited about the profit, but considering last year they lost $110m excluding special items in the same period, they should be commended for the great year over year improvement even if they actually lost $22m in the real operation.
g500 From United States of America, joined Oct 2011, 726 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (1 year 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 3030 times:
Quoting vlad1971 (Reply 1): Very Good !!! Glad US doing quite well lately .
Once upon a time, US was the Rodney Dangerfield of the airline industry, "they got no respect". Now "they are doing so well" that they've tried to buy a much larger rival in 3 separate occasions, (UA, DL and now AA), and lately they've been announcing profits, what is this world coming to
southwest737500 From United States of America, joined Mar 2011, 594 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (1 year 4 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2753 times:
Good for them, I'm tired of people telling there not making $
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PGNCS From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 2516 posts, RR: 45 Reply 6, posted (1 year 4 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2693 times:
Quoting southwest737500 (Reply 5): Good for them, I'm tired of people telling there not making $
It IS a good performance in the traditionally weakest quarter of the year, but you do understand that it's only a profit due to a one time gain due to proceeds from the LGA swaps to DL, right? See Hatbutton's excellent post:
Quoting hatbutton (Reply 2): Note though that they actually had a $22m loss but the $70m they received from DL for the DCA/LGA slot swap agreement pushed them to a profit. So I wouldn't get overly excited about the profit, but considering last year they lost $110m excluding special items in the same period, they should be commended for the great year over year improvement even if they actually lost $22m in the real operation.
southwest737500 From United States of America, joined Mar 2011, 594 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (1 year 4 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2612 times:
D L X From United States of America, joined May 1999, 10561 posts, RR: 53 Reply 9, posted (1 year 4 weeks 1 day ago) and read 826 times:
Quoting rbgso (Reply 7): Quoting g500 (Reply 3):
Now "they are doing so well" that they've tried to buy a much larger rival in 3 separate occasions, (UA, DL and now AA),
Not to rain on the parade, but pretty much anyone can "try" to buy anything. To date, they have not been successful in these efforts.
Add a fourth rival: US.
You cannot forget that Parker DID manage to merge with a larger rival.
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