Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. Reports Third-Quarter EPS of $1.28

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. AAWW today announced sharply higher revenues and earnings for the third quarter of 2010. For the three months ended September 30, 2010, AAWW's net income rose 130% to $33.8 million, or $1.29 per diluted share, on revenues of $326.7 million and pretax earnings of $55.2 million. Solid operating and financial results for the quarter compared with net income of $14.7 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, on revenues of $255.5 million and pretax earnings of $21.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, AAWW recorded net income of $100.3 million, or $3.85 per diluted share, on revenues of $978.1 million and pretax earnings of $170.8 million. In 2009, AAWW's nine-month net income totaled $49.4 million, or $2.35 per diluted share, on revenues of $740.0 million and pretax earnings of $78.0 million. Excluding one-time items, adjusted net income in the first nine months of 2010 increased 167% to $108.7 million, or $4.17 per diluted share, compared with $40.8 million, or $1.94 per diluted share, in the first nine months of 2009. Pretax earnings for the first nine months of 2010 included a net expense of $16.2 million for legal settlements, partly offset by an $8.8 million litigation settlement receipt and a gain of $3.5 million on disposal of aircraft assets. Pretax earnings for the first nine months of 2009 included benefits of $10.0 million for the effective early termination of a contract, $2.7 million for a gain on the early extinguishment of debt, and $1.0 million on the disposal of aircraft assets.