{"id":132522,"date":"2022-10-18T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=132522"},"modified":"2022-10-18T23:49:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T23:49:29","slug":"united-airlines-third-quarter-financial-results-beat-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/10\/united-airlines-third-quarter-financial-results-beat-expectations.html","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines third quarter financial results beat expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>United Airlines<\/strong> tuesday reported third quarter 2022 financial results, beating expectations on top-line operating revenue, unit costs and adjusted operating margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company achieved operating revenue growth of 13.2% versus third quarter 2019, with a 25.5% TRASM improvement in the quarter versus 2019, while CASM-ex1 (cost per available seat mile) came in better than expected, resulting in 11.3% operating margin; 11.5% operating margin on an adjusted basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/10\/emirates-skycargo-united-cargo-announce-agreement.html\">Emirates SkyCargo and United Cargo announce landmark agreement.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline now expects fourth quarter adjusted operating margin to be above 2019 for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am grateful to United employees who delivered an incredible performance this quarter taking care of our customers and producing, by most metrics, the best operational quarter in our history,&#8221; said United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Third Quarter Financial Results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reported third quarter 2022 net income of $942 million, adjusted net income1 of $927 million.<\/li><li>Reported third quarter 2022 capacity down 9.8% compared to third quarter 2019.<\/li><li>Reported third quarter 2022 total operating revenue of $12.9 billion, up 13.2% compared to third quarter 2019.<\/li><li>Reported third quarter 2022 TRASM of up 25.5% compared to third quarter 2019.<\/li><li>Reported third quarter 2022 CASM of up 27.8%, and CASM-ex1 of up 14.5%, compared to third quarter 2019.<\/li><li>Reported third quarter 2022 operating margin of 11.3%, adjusted operating margin1 of 11.5%.<\/li><li>Reported third quarter 2022 pre-tax margin of 9.0%, adjusted pre-tax margin1 of 8.9%.<\/li><li>Reported third quarter 2022 fuel price of $3.81 per gallon.<\/li><li>Reported third quarter 2022 payments of long-term debt, finance leases and other financing liabilities of $810 million.<\/li><li>Reported third quarter 2022 ending available liquidity2 of $20.4 billion.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-70728269     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid 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