Comment by teachrdan

> They lost a similar amount in 2020

I wouldn't be surprised that an airline lost money in one of the worst travel years of all time (due to Covid).

Cursory searching shows United made more than $3,000,000,000 in 2024. So even if 2025 was an unusually good year for them, it wasn't a complete anomaly. Just goes to show that when flights get delayed due to insufficient available crew or maintenance issues, it's a savings that's passed on to investors and the c-suite at the expense of consumers.