28.01.2020
Artikel Nummer: 30473
Performance down, but solid yields for American
American Airlines reports Q4/2019 net income up 27.5% to USD 414 million, with total operating revenues up 3.4% to USD 11.3 billion. For 2019, net income rose by 19.4% to USD 1.6 billion, with revenues up 2.8% to USD 45.7 billion. The carrier returned USD 1.3 billion to shareholders in the year.
The operating revenues of the cargo business amounted to USD 863 million - 14.8% below the figures of 2018. Cargo performance decreased in the same dimensions, the roughly 3.6 million tkm representing a loss of 14.4% over 2018. But the cargo yields per tkm counted for around USD 0.500, which means only 0.4% below 2018. (ah)