Southwest Airlines' mixed results underscore the increasingly uncertain environment for US carriers, which have grappled with elevated labor costs, weather-rela...
Investors are keeping a close watch on US demand, particularly after Alaska Air Group Inc. this week noted a “discernible” shift from domestic to international flights and said fares have dropped from 2022′s record levels. Larger rivals Delta Air Lines Inc. and United Airlines Holdings Inc. have benefited from a recovery in overseas travel after countries lifted pandemic-related travel restrictions.
Southwest shares tumbled 6.4% as of 7:22 a.m. before regular trading in New York. The stock rose 7.7% this year through Wednesday, the worst performance in a Standard & Poor’s index of the five-largest US carriers.Non-fuel unit costs this quarter will rise as much as 6.5% from a year ago, Southwest said Thursday. Still, it expects record operating revenue and another profitable quarter. Analysts predict a 95-cent adjusted profit for the period, according to estimates, and $6.
Southwest raised its cost expectations for the year. Non-fuel expenses to fly each seat a mile, an industry gauge of efficiency, will decline 1% to 2% in 2023, compared with a prior prediction of as much as a 4% drop. Flying capacity will increase about 12% this quarter, and as much as 16% in the first three months of 2024. Beyond that it will decline sequentially each quarter next year as Southwest changes its flight schedule to emphasize leisure flights and away from corporate travel that remains muted.“While business revenues continue to recover, they are not back to pre-pandemic levels,” Chief Executive Officer Bob Jordan said in the statement.
The Dallas-based company has yet to reach new agreements with its pilots and flight attendants to help solidify labor costs going forward. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association has asked a federal mediator to declare an impasse in talks and release it from further negotiations — an action that would move them closer to a possible strike. The carrier and flight attendants haven’t resumed negotiations since union leadership rejected a proposed agreement last month.
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