U.S. Airline Profits Slip In Q3

From domestic operations, U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported an after-tax net profit of $2.6 billion in the third quarter of 2017, virtually unchanged the third quarter of 2016. The 17 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines that operate internationally reported an after-tax net profit of $1.1 billion in the third quarter of 2017 from their international operations, down from $1.2 billion in the third quarter of 2016.