Southwest Airlines (LUV) Tops Q3 EPS by 2c

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Southwest Airlines Reports Record Third Quarter Profit

October 22, 2015 6:30 AM EDT

DALLAS, Oct. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) (the "Company") today reported its third quarter 2015 results: 

Record third quarter net income, excluding special items1, of $623 million, or $.94 per diluted share. This represented a $241 million increase from third quarter 2014 and exceeded the Thomson Reuters First Call mean estimate of $.92 per diluted share. Record third quarter GAAP2 net income of $584 million, or $.88 per diluted share, compared with third quarter 2014 GAAP net income of $329 million. Record quarterly GAAP operating income of $1.2 billion. Excluding special items, record third quarter... More