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The
Chicago-based airline earned $1.19 billion, or $3.14 cents per
share, for the second quarter ended June 30, up from $789
million, or $2.01 per share, in the year ago period.
Excluding special items, it earned $3.31 per share, in line with
analysts' average estimate, according to Thomson Reuters
I/B/E/S.
Total operating costs, including a charge, fell 10 percent to
$8.47 billion. Fuel expense fell 32 percent to $2.11 billion.
U.S.-based airlines are poised to save hundreds of millions of
dollars more on fuel compared with last year since global crude
oil prices have fallen about 50 percent from June last year.
Fuel is typically an airline's largest variable cost,
representing a third or more of operating expenses.
(Reporting by Sweta Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb
Chakrabarty)
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