United Airlines Takes $561 Million Hit In Q2 Financial Results To Pay Flight Attendants A One-Off Bonus

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United Posts Nearly $1B Profit, Quietly Hands $561M to Keep Flight Attendants from Revolting United Airlines had a decent Q2 by normal standards — $973 million in profit, $3.87 adjusted EPS, and $15.2 billion in revenue –but the real highlight was a $561 million “please don’t hate us” check to its flight attendants. That one-time expense is part of a tentative new labor deal that includes boarding pay, retroactive raises, hazard compensation for…

United Airlines Takes $561 Million Hit In Q2 Financial Results To Pay Flight Attendants A One-Off Bonus

United Airlines has written off $561 million from its Q2 financial results running from April to the end of June 2025 to pay flight attendants a one-off bonus should they vote in favor of a controversial tentative labor agreement. Listed as ‘labor contract ratification bonuses,’ under a special charges table in its latest financial results,… The post United Airlines Takes $561 Million Hit In Q2 Financial Results To Pay Flight Attendants A One-Of…