American Airlines parent operating profit up 31% in 3Q2012

AMR Corp revenue up 1% - financial highlights for three months ended 30-Sep-2012:

• Total operating revenue: USD6429 million, +0.8% year-on-year;
  • Passenger: USD4909 million, +1.9%;
  • Cargo: USD156 million, +11.4%;
• Total operating costs: USD6378 million, +0.6%;
  • Fuel: USD2180 million, +3.3%;
  • Labour: USD1783 million, +0.4%;
• Operating profit: USD51 million, +30.8%;
• Net profit (loss): (USD238 million), compared to a loss of USD162 million in p-c-p;
• Mainline operations:
• Passenger traffic (RPMs): -1.8%;
• Passenger load factor: 85.5%, +0.6 ppt;
• Passenger yield: USD 14.74 cents, +3.7%;
• Passenger revenue per ASM: USD 12.60 cents, +4.5%;
• Operating costs per ASM: USD 14.45 cents, +3.8%;
• Total assets: USD23,683 million, +0.4% when compared to period ended 31-Dec-2011;
• Cash: USD504 million, +80% when compared to period ended 31-Dec-2011. [more - original PR - Form 10Q] [more - original PR - Form 8K]