The work we have done significantly improves United's ability to compete with the best U.S. airlines, |
The year-over-year improvement in operating profit despite record fuel prices demonstrates United's significantly improved competitiveness. United is well on the way to completing the Chapter 11 reorganization process and emerging as a strong competitor. |
These discussions need to be brought to a quick resolution to achieve our common goal, |
Third quarter results are strong, despite a $405 million impact from higher fuel prices year-over-year, |
This is very normal for bankruptcies ... (and) has nothing to do with the operation of the business at all, ... The industry still has a number of challenges, fuel costs chief among them, but we're pleased with our results. |
This validates our business plan and demonstrates that despite the fact that the industry environment has gotten tougher, the United business plan can attract even more all-debt exit financing than it could last winter. |
Today represents a validation of three years of hard work that at the outset many critics said could not be done. |
We are a vastly different airline than we were in 2002, |
We are blazing our own trail in terms of what products and offerings we have. |
We are judiciously taking money and investing it in the high-value customer, and at the same time we are not spending any more than we have to on the low-value customer. |
We did everything that we set out to do. We have to wait a couple of days to get the final order we need. |
We didn't think it would be $50 every year of the business plan. Clearly, in 2006 it's not going to be $50. |
We don't see the industry has reached equilibrium yet. |
We look forward to confirming the (reorganization) plan next week and exiting bankruptcy next month ready to compete with the strongest carriers. |
We look forward to working with our new independent auditors and we're eager to continue building our professional relationship. |