-- デルタ航空(DAL)は水曜日、堅調な法人およびレジャー需要を背景に、予想を上回る第1四半期決算を発表した。ただし、中東戦争の影響で、当四半期の燃料費が20億ドル以上増加する見込みであることも明らかにした。 同社は3月期の調整後1株当たり利益を0.64ドルと発表。前年同期の0.45ドルから増加し、ファクトセットのアナリスト予想である0.58ドルを上回った。営業収益は13%増の158億5000万ドル。旅客収入は7%増、貨物収入は9%増となった。 エド・バスティアン最高経営責任者(CEO)は声明で、「燃料費の大幅な増加と業界全体の運航混乱にもかかわらず、前年比40%以上の増益を達成した」と述べた。株価は直近のプレマーケット取引で12%上昇した。 第1四半期の営業収益は、調整後ベースで9.4%増の142億ドルとなり、アナリスト予想平均の140億5000万ドルを上回りました。最高商務責任者のジョー・エスポジート氏は、「法人およびレジャー需要の全般的な堅調さ」を背景に、この指標は成長したと述べました。調整後座席マイル当たり総収益は前年同期比8.2%増となり、全地域で増加しました。 バスティアン氏は、「燃料環境が改善するまで供給能力の伸びを大幅に抑制し、燃料費の上昇分を迅速に回収する」など、航空会社は利益率とキャッシュフローを守るための措置を講じていると述べました。 米国とイランは火曜日、2月末から続いていた軍事衝突の後、2週間の停戦に合意しました。この戦争は中東全域に拡大し、重要なホルムズ海峡を通る輸送を阻害し、エネルギー価格の高騰を招いています。 デルタ航空は、今四半期の燃料価格を4月2日時点の先物カーブで推移すると予想しており、その結果、総燃料価格は1ガロンあたり約4.30ドルとなり、燃料費は20億ドル以上増加すると見込んでいます。前四半期の調整済み燃料価格は前年同期比7%増の1ガロンあたり2.62ドルでした。 デルタ航空によると、第2四半期の調整済みEPSは1ドルから1.50ドルで、売上高は10%台前半の伸びが見込まれています。市場予想は、非GAAPベースのEPSが1.56ドル、売上高が172億1000万ドルです。エスポジート氏によると、デルタ航空の輸送能力削減と燃料回収努力により、輸送能力は前年同期比横ばいになると予想されています。 バスティアンCEOは、「6月期には、10億ドルの利益で業界をリードすると見込んでいます。最近の燃料価格高騰は現在収益に影響を与えていますが、この状況は最終的にデルタ航空の業界リーダーシップを強化し、長期的な収益力を加速させると確信しています」と述べています。
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