Outperforming on what metric? Gross Margin? Casm? rasm? Domestic yield? Net margin? Jd power? Wall Street journal airline awards? Stock performance? Maybe you could get into specifics once instead of bloviating about deltas obvious greatness..and you got the seahawks because you have 2 aisles..and you are the one who said "who cares about costs"
Like DL just winning Air Transport World's Airline of the year for 2014, the first time a US Airline has done it in 10 years? Need a reminder? Here's the info on the DEC 13 quarter:
DELTA AIR LINES ANNOUNCES DECEMBER QUARTER PROFIT
Jan 21, 2014
ATLANTA, Jan. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE
AL) today reported financial results for the December 2013 quarter. Key points include:
Delta's net income for the December 2013 quarter was $558 million, or $0.65 per diluted share, excluding special items1.
Delta's net income for 2013 was $2.7 billion, excluding special items, a $1.1 billion increase over 2012.
Delta's GAAP net income was $8.5 billion, or $9.89 per diluted share, for the December 2013 quarter and $10.5 billion for 2013. These results include an $8.0 billion non-cash gain associated with the reversal of the company's tax valuation allowance.
2013 results include $506 million in profit sharing expense, including $119 million in the December quarter, recognizing Delta employees' contributions toward meeting the company's financial goals.
Delta generated nearly $5 billion of operating cash flow and $2.1 billion of free cash flow in 2013, allowing the company to reduce its adjusted net debt at the end of 2013 to $9.4 billion, contribute an incremental $250 million above required funding to its defined benefit pension plans, and return $350 million to shareholders through a combination of $100 million of dividends and $250 million of share repurchases."
Ok, need anything else MooMoo? Do you want me to comment on the above with a CNBC type commentary?
Bye Bye---General Lee