United airlines reports best first-quarter financial performance in five years despite challenging macroeconomic environment

Q1 pre-tax margin up 4.9 points year-over-year, ahead of wall street consensus; up 3.6 points on an adjusted basis1 q1 pre-tax margin expected to lead the industry as united continues to attract more brand-loyal customers, improve the customer experience and demonstrate the resiliency of the business year-to-date2 repurchased $451 million of shares  united expects resilient earnings in q2 and full-year 20253 despite uncertain macroeconomic environment and is removing 4 points of scheduled domestic capacity starting in the third quarter 2025 generated operating cash flow of $3.7 billion in the first quarter and over $10 billion in the last 12 months; over $2 billion of free cash flow4 in the first quarter and over $5 billion in the last 12 months delivered best first-quarter operational performance since 2021 chicago , april 15, 2025 /prnewswire/ -- united airlines (ual) today reported its best first-quarter financial results in the past five years, despite a challenging macroeconomic environment. united reported a first-quarter profit, with record revenue of $13.2 billion, and total revenue per available seat mile (trasm) growth of 0.5% year-over-year.
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