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United Airlines Financial Report

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In the first-quarter of 2018, United Airlines focused preliminary on the financial and operational outlook for the company. They estimated the overall PRASM between 12.00-12.24 cent per ASM. Cargo and other revenues were estimated to be in $1300-$1400 million compared to the lower estimations for the previous year. Consolidated CASM that excluded fuel and profit sharing, and third-party business expenses was estimated to be between 10.77-10.88 cent per ASM, which was almost same as previous year. The airline’s January 2018 consolidated traffic that was revenue passenger miles increased by 1.8 percent. The consolidated capacity that was available seat miles increased by 3.3 percent compared to January 2017. The organization’s January 2018 consolidated …show more content…

The climb in the report was driven by development on the national and international fronts. Revenue passenger miles in the month of December 2017 was higher than in the month of January 2018. The overall first quarter growth percentage of 2018 has been expected to surpass the fourth quarter growth of 2017. The organization have been focused on improving CASM by improving productivity and efficiency. They aimed at delivering long term non-fuel CASM guidance. The United Airlines aimed at reducing non-fuel CASM from 3.1 percent, which was in 2017 to 1.0 percent in the year 2018. They have been focused on improving their higher employee productivity, asset utilization, and operational efficiency by provinding improved …show more content…

The airlines had a great deal with Airbus in the year 1992 to lease 50 A320s. Further, both the executed a follow-up deal for the smaller A319. United has a considerable Airbus fleet in which, the A319s and A320s are about 17 years old. The organization had planned to replace the majority of its Airbus fleet between 2016 and 2020. They decided to upgrade their A319s and A320s with slim line seats, larger overhead bins, and streaming video. United Airlines kept these planes in service for a longer period of time. The decline in the fuel prices over the past two years also made it more economical to keep older planes flying. However, the airline needs to replace all of its Airbus fleet within 10 to 12

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