Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has reported improved third quarter financial results after excluding non-cash impairment charges. Pre-tax losses from continuing operations were $6.7 million while net losses from continuing operations totalled $4.8 million, or $0.08 per share diluted. Third-quarter 2011 earnings included $27.1 million in impairment charges related to reductions in business with DB Schenker that began in September, and $1.9 million in unrealized losses on derivative instruments related to the company's new credit facilities adopted in May. Excluding impairment and derivative charges, pre-tax and net earnings from continuing operations increased by 34 percent and 22 percent, respectively, versus the third quarter 2010 results. Adjusted pre-tax earnings were $22.4 million excluding the impairment and derivative charges, up from $16.7 million in the third quarter of 2010, principally because of increased earnings from ATSG's freighter leasing business. Net earnings from continuing operations excluding those charges and their related tax effects were $13.9 million, up from $11.4 million in the third quarter of 2010. Net interest expense under the new credit agreement reached in May 2011 decreased $1.3 million for the third quarter compared to a year ago. Pre-tax losses for the quarter generated an income tax benefit of $1.8 million. Third-quarter EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization), adjusted for non-cash impairment and derivative losses, totaled $48.3 million, up 10 percent from $44.0 million in the third quarter of 2010 . Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure of financial performance. The definition and reconciliation of ATSG's third-quarter Adjusted EBITDA to GAAP net income is provided at the end of this release. Revenues increased 17 percent to $195.5 million, including customer-reimbursed costs, with increases evident from each of the company's reported segments and other business units. Excluding reimbursements, ATSG's revenues increased 19 percent to $151.4 million.
AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP RESULTS
