Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) reported Q2 EPS of $1.47, $0.01 worse than the analyst estimate of $1.48. Revenue for the quarter came in at $10.45 billion versus the consensus estimate of $10.51 billion.

"The Delta people again delivered another quarter of solid profitability, superior operational performance and great customer service, continuing to strengthen our brand and our foundation for the future," said Ed Bastian, Delta's chief executive officer. "As we look to the remainder of the year, the large year-on-year savings driven by lower fuel are largely behind us and it is important to achieving our long-term financial targets that we get unit revenues back to a positive trajectory."

Revenue Environment Delta's operating revenue for the June quarter decreased 2 percent, or $260 million, of which $65 million was due to foreign currency pressures. Passenger unit revenues declined 4.9 percent, including 1 point of impact from foreign currency, on a 3.2 percent increase in capacity.

Capacity Actions In Response to Global Events With the additional foreign currency pressure from the steep drop in the British pound and the economic uncertainty from Brexit, Delta has decided to reduce 6 points of U.S.-U.K. capacity from its winter schedule. These changes, in combination with other network actions, will reduce system capacity by approximately one point in the December 2016 quarter and the company now expects to grow its system capacity by 1 percent year over year during this period.

"While the revenue environment remains challenging, with persistent headwinds from close-in domestic yields and geopolitical uncertainty, we remain focused on achieving our goal of positive unit revenues by year end," said Glen Hauenstein, Delta's president. "We'll continue to move quickly and aggressively with all our commercial levers, including an incremental 1 point reduction in our December quarter capacity levels, to make sure we create the momentum we need to achieve this goal."

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