United posted a narrower adjusted loss than expected.
on Tuesday reported higher-than-expected revenue as travel rebounded late in the third quarter but the airline didn't give a timeline for when it would return to profitability.
United posted net income of $473 million thanks to a boost from federal payroll aid. Its third-quarter sales totaled $7.75 billion compared with Wall Street analysts' expectations for $7.64 billion and down 32% from the same quarter in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic began. It posted a per-share adjusted loss of $1.02, better than the $1.67 analysts expected. That loss strips out the benefit of federal aid.
United said it expects its fourth-quarter capacity to be down 23% in the fourth quarter compared with 2019 and that its sales for the last three months of the year would be down 25% to 30% from the same period two years ago, when it brought in $11.38 billion. Airlines have provided comparisons to 2019 in an attempt to show where they stand compared with before the pandemic.Delta Air Lines
posted a profit but warned a surge in fuel prices would weigh on its bottom line in the last three months of the year. A United Airlines plane prepares to take off at the Benito Juarez International airport in Mexico City, on March 20, 2020.United said it expects to pay an average of $2.39 a gallon for fuel in the fourth quarter, up from $2.14 in the third quarter.
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