The parent of United Airlines said Tuesday it lost $61 million in the fourth quarter, but UAL Corp. still managed to post a $25 million profit in the 11 months since emerging from bankruptcy protection in February.
-----------------------------------------------------You can read United's fourth quarter financial press release here.
And a few other numbers are shown below (in millions and excluding reorganization items):
4Q 2006 Operating Profit $23
4Q 2005 Operating Loss -$182
4Q 2006 Net Loss -$61
4Q 2005 Net Loss -$297
Full Year 2006 Operating Profit $447
Full Year 2005 Operating Loss -$219
Full Year 2006 Net Loss -$58
Full Year 2005 Net Loss -$575
All in all, it's a pretty good improvement. But more work still needs to be done so United can regularly show quarterly and annual net profits in 2007 and later years.