UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017  2022

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 001-16545

 

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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

13-4146982

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

2000 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, New York

 

10577

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(914) (914) 701-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value

AAWW

The NASDAQ Global Select Market

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As of November 1, 2017,October 28, 2022 there were 25,283,10028,364,198 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock outstanding.

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 20162021 (unaudited)

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021 (unaudited)

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for theThree and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021 (unaudited)

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months endedEnded September 30, 20172022 and 20162021 (unaudited)

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity as of and for the Three and Nine Months endedEnded September 30, 20172022 and 20162021 (unaudited)

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

2220

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

3633

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

 

3633

 

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

3834

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

 

3834

 

 

 

 

 

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

 

3835

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

3936

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signatures

 

4037

 

 


 

PART I — FINANCIALFINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

165,250

 

 

$

123,890

 

 

$

465,499

 

 

$

910,965

 

Short-term investments

 

 

10,676

 

 

 

4,313

 

Restricted cash

 

 

11,030

 

 

 

14,360

 

 

 

10,473

 

 

 

10,052

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,230 and $997, respectively

 

 

172,205

 

 

 

166,486

 

Prepaid maintenance

 

 

13,181

 

 

 

4,418

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

77,434

 

 

 

44,603

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $2,039 and $4,003, respectively

 

 

259,663

 

 

 

305,905

 

Prepaid expenses, assets held for sale and other current assets

 

 

96,265

 

 

 

99,100

 

Total current assets

 

 

449,776

 

 

 

358,070

 

 

 

831,900

 

 

 

1,326,022

 

Property and Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flight equipment

 

 

4,267,704

 

 

 

3,886,714

 

 

 

5,803,732

 

 

 

5,449,100

 

Ground equipment

 

 

73,653

 

 

 

68,688

 

 

 

110,034

 

 

 

101,824

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

(670,443

)

 

 

(568,946

)

 

 

(1,466,810

)

 

 

(1,319,636

)

Flight equipment modifications in progress

 

 

228,040

 

 

 

154,226

 

Flight equipment purchase deposits and modifications in progress

 

 

483,086

 

 

 

352,422

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

3,898,954

 

 

 

3,540,682

 

 

 

4,930,042

 

 

 

4,583,710

 

Other Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term investments and accrued interest

 

 

19,234

 

 

 

27,951

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

114,999

 

 

 

138,744

 

Deferred costs and other assets

 

 

210,611

 

 

 

204,647

 

 

 

305,516

 

 

 

329,971

 

Intangible assets, net and goodwill

 

 

108,727

 

 

 

116,029

 

 

 

60,274

 

 

 

64,796

 

Total Assets

 

$

4,687,302

 

 

$

4,247,379

 

 

$

6,242,731

 

 

$

6,443,243

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

62,540

 

 

$

59,543

 

 

$

93,959

 

 

$

82,885

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

421,670

 

 

 

320,887

 

 

 

611,591

 

 

 

641,978

 

Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease

 

 

196,509

 

 

 

184,748

 

Current portion of long-term debt and finance leases

 

 

397,875

 

 

 

639,811

 

Current portion of long-term operating leases

 

 

53,988

 

 

 

55,383

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

680,719

 

 

 

565,178

 

 

 

1,157,413

 

 

 

1,420,057

 

Other Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt and capital lease

 

 

1,908,835

 

 

 

1,666,663

 

Long-term debt and finance leases

 

 

1,578,888

 

 

 

1,655,075

 

Long-term operating leases

 

 

125,251

 

 

 

166,022

 

Deferred taxes

 

 

318,171

 

 

 

298,165

 

 

 

415,683

 

 

 

354,798

 

Financial instruments and other liabilities

 

 

204,408

 

 

 

200,035

 

 

 

32,752

 

 

 

37,954

 

Total other liabilities

 

 

2,431,414

 

 

 

2,164,863

 

 

 

2,152,574

 

 

 

2,213,849

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $1 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized;

30,090,510 and 29,633,605 shares issued, 25,283,100 and 25,017,242

shares outstanding (net of treasury stock), as of September 30, 2017

and December 31, 2016, respectively

 

 

301

 

 

 

296

 

Additional paid-in-capital

 

 

710,446

 

 

 

657,082

 

Treasury stock, at cost; 4,807,410 and 4,616,363 shares, respectively

 

 

(193,426

)

 

 

(183,119

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(4,249

)

 

 

(4,993

)

Preferred stock, $1 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized;
35,271,413 and 34,707,860 shares issued, 28,364,198 and 29,215,702
shares outstanding (net of treasury stock), as of September 30, 2022
and December 31, 2021, respectively

 

 

352

 

 

 

347

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

871,099

 

 

 

934,516

 

Treasury stock, at cost; 6,907,215 and 5,492,158 shares, respectively

 

 

(337,626

)

 

 

(225,461

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

59

 

 

 

(511

)

Retained earnings

 

 

1,062,097

 

 

 

1,048,072

 

 

 

2,398,860

 

 

 

2,100,446

 

Total equity

 

 

1,575,169

 

 

 

1,517,338

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

2,932,744

 

 

 

2,809,337

 

Total Liabilities and Equity

 

$

4,687,302

 

 

$

4,247,379

 

 

$

6,242,731

 

 

$

6,443,243

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

3



Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Revenue

 

$

535,748

 

 

$

448,015

 

 

$

1,528,508

 

 

$

1,309,902

 

 

$

1,124,554

 

 

$

1,016,100

 

 

$

3,341,681

 

 

$

2,867,832

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aircraft fuel

 

 

352,289

 

 

 

216,638

 

 

 

982,508

 

 

 

594,458

 

 

Salaries, wages and benefits

 

 

114,505

 

 

 

125,978

 

 

 

330,080

 

 

 

321,365

 

 

 

264,685

 

 

 

231,437

 

 

 

848,610

 

 

 

642,417

 

 

Aircraft fuel

 

 

74,048

 

 

 

65,409

 

 

 

239,966

 

 

 

189,982

 

Maintenance, materials and repairs

 

 

74,457

 

 

 

49,761

 

 

 

212,042

 

 

 

162,220

 

 

 

116,622

 

 

 

102,819

 

 

 

343,576

 

 

 

356,499

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

42,033

 

 

 

37,509

 

 

 

120,913

 

 

 

109,722

 

 

 

78,431

 

 

 

73,468

 

 

 

224,991

 

 

 

207,918

 

 

Travel

 

 

38,260

 

 

 

31,958

 

 

 

105,510

 

 

 

94,291

 

 

 

57,237

 

 

 

42,966

 

 

 

152,724

 

 

 

120,585

 

 

Aircraft rent

 

 

33,873

 

 

 

35,730

 

 

 

103,738

 

 

 

109,490

 

Navigation fees, landing fees and other rent

 

 

33,468

 

 

 

15,640

 

 

 

77,258

 

 

 

56,391

 

 

 

41,319

 

 

 

46,622

 

 

 

119,764

 

 

 

138,918

 

 

Passenger and ground handling services

 

 

28,491

 

 

 

21,673

 

 

 

77,187

 

 

 

64,571

 

 

 

33,138

 

 

 

40,268

 

 

 

102,821

 

 

 

121,837

 

 

Loss (gain) on disposal of aircraft

 

 

211

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

64

 

 

 

(11

)

Aircraft rent

 

 

13,603

 

 

 

15,485

 

 

 

39,211

 

 

 

53,928

 

 

Gain on disposal of flight equipment

 

 

-

 

 

 

(810

)

 

 

(6,221

)

 

 

(794

)

 

Special charge

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

6,631

 

 

 

6,299

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

8,932

 

 

 

-

 

 

Transaction-related expenses

 

 

1,092

 

 

 

3,905

 

 

 

3,403

 

 

 

21,486

 

 

 

6,889

 

 

 

168

 

 

 

6,889

 

 

 

486

 

 

Other

 

 

42,598

 

 

 

34,465

 

 

 

123,121

 

 

 

106,885

 

 

 

62,284

 

 

 

63,106

 

 

 

172,576

 

 

 

183,366

 

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

 

483,036

 

 

 

422,017

 

 

 

1,393,282

 

 

 

1,243,023

 

 

 

1,032,796

 

 

 

832,167

 

 

 

2,996,381

 

 

 

2,419,618

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income

 

 

52,712

 

 

 

25,998

 

 

 

135,226

 

 

 

66,879

 

 

 

91,758

 

 

 

183,933

 

 

 

345,300

 

 

 

448,214

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-operating Expenses (Income)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

(1,688

)

 

 

(1,316

)

 

 

(4,286

)

 

 

(4,325

)

 

 

(2,426

)

 

 

(159

)

 

 

(3,539

)

 

 

(559

)

 

Interest expense

 

 

26,553

 

 

 

21,355

 

 

 

72,747

 

 

 

63,595

 

 

 

19,177

 

 

 

27,173

 

 

 

59,524

 

 

 

81,345

 

 

Capitalized interest

 

 

(1,922

)

 

 

(1,059

)

 

 

(5,633

)

 

 

(2,106

)

 

 

(3,080

)

 

 

(2,335

)

 

 

(10,183

)

 

 

(5,456

)

 

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

167

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

167

 

 

 

132

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

689

 

 

 

-

 

 

Unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments

 

 

44,775

 

 

 

1,462

 

 

 

36,225

 

 

 

(25,013

)

Other income

 

 

(1,165

)

 

 

(180

)

 

 

(357

)

 

 

(372

)

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

113

 

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

(138

)

 

 

3,136

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

(41,174

)

 

Total Non-operating Expenses (Income)

 

 

66,720

 

 

 

20,262

 

 

 

98,863

 

 

 

31,911

 

 

 

13,533

 

 

 

27,815

 

 

 

46,572

 

 

 

34,269

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

 

 

(14,008

)

 

 

5,736

 

 

 

36,363

 

 

 

34,968

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

78,225

 

 

 

156,118

 

 

 

298,728

 

 

 

413,945

 

 

Income tax expense

 

 

10,187

 

 

 

13,237

 

 

 

21,479

 

 

 

21,079

 

 

 

18,125

 

 

 

36,583

 

 

 

68,859

 

 

 

97,367

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

 

(24,195

)

 

 

(7,501

)

 

 

14,884

 

 

 

13,889

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes

 

 

33

 

 

 

(445

)

 

 

(859

)

 

 

(790

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

$

(24,162

)

 

$

(7,946

)

 

$

14,025

 

 

$

13,099

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

$

60,100

 

 

$

119,535

 

 

$

229,869

 

 

$

316,578

 

 

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.96

)

 

$

(0.30

)

 

$

0.59

 

 

$

0.56

 

 

$

2.12

 

 

$

4.12

 

 

$

8.07

 

 

$

10.98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted

 

$

1.79

 

 

$

3.91

 

 

$

6.82

 

 

$

10.52

 

 

Weighted average shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

28,326

 

 

 

29,023

 

 

 

28,472

 

 

 

28,844

 

 

Diluted

 

$

(0.96

)

 

$

(0.30

)

 

$

0.58

 

 

$

(0.49

)

 

 

34,066

 

 

 

30,547

 

 

 

34,143

 

 

 

30,117

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share from discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

0.00

 

 

$

(0.02

)

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.03

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted

 

$

0.00

 

 

$

(0.02

)

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.03

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.96

)

 

$

(0.32

)

 

$

0.56

 

 

$

0.53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted

 

$

(0.96

)

 

$

(0.32

)

 

$

0.54

 

 

$

(0.52

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

25,262

 

 

 

24,840

 

 

 

25,229

 

 

 

24,788

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted

 

 

25,262

 

 

 

24,840

 

 

 

25,822

 

 

 

25,116

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements


4


Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

$

(24,162

)

 

$

(7,946

)

 

$

14,025

 

 

$

13,099

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Reclassification to interest expense

 

 

396

 

 

 

439

 

 

 

1,216

 

 

 

1,334

 

  Income tax expense

 

 

(154

)

 

 

(170

)

 

 

(472

)

 

 

(517

)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

242

 

 

 

269

 

 

 

744

 

 

 

817

 

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

$

(23,920

)

 

$

(7,677

)

 

$

14,769

 

 

$

13,916

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

$

60,100

 

 

$

119,535

 

 

$

229,869

 

 

$

316,578

 

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification to loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

639

 

 

 

-

 

Reclassification to interest expense

 

 

(16

)

 

 

250

 

 

 

106

 

 

 

774

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

-

 

 

 

(60

)

 

 

(175

)

 

 

(184

)

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(16

)

 

 

190

 

 

 

570

 

 

 

590

 

Comprehensive Income

 

$

60,084

 

 

$

119,725

 

 

$

230,439

 

 

$

317,168

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements


5


Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

$

14,884

 

 

$

13,889

 

Less: Loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes

 

 

(859

)

 

 

(790

)

Net Income

 

 

14,025

 

 

 

13,099

 

 

$

229,869

 

 

$

316,578

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to reconcile Net Income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

142,042

 

 

 

124,198

 

 

 

262,881

 

 

 

265,231

 

 

Accretion of debt securities discount

 

 

(892

)

 

 

(968

)

Provision for allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

304

 

 

 

267

 

Special charge, net of cash payments

 

 

-

 

 

 

6,631

 

Reversal of expected credit losses

 

 

(538

)

 

 

(377

)

 

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

167

 

 

 

132

 

 

 

689

 

 

 

-

 

 

Unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments

 

 

36,225

 

 

 

(25,013

)

Loss (gain) on disposal of aircraft

 

 

64

 

 

 

(11

)

Special charge

 

 

8,932

 

 

 

-

 

 

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

-

 

 

 

113

 

 

Gain on disposal of flight equipment

 

 

(6,221

)

 

 

(794

)

 

Deferred taxes

 

 

21,106

 

 

 

20,794

 

 

 

67,848

 

 

 

96,053

 

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

17,030

 

 

 

27,919

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

9,438

 

 

 

10,653

 

 

Changes in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

(12,004

)

 

 

32,767

 

 

 

49,129

 

 

 

(15,785

)

 

Prepaid expenses, current assets and other assets

 

 

(53,343

)

 

 

(19,287

)

 

 

(17,008

)

 

 

(43,297

)

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

30,382

 

 

 

(79,684

)

Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other liabilities

 

 

(29,444

)

 

 

(19,442

)

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

195,106

 

 

 

100,844

 

 

 

575,575

 

 

 

608,933

 

 

Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

(66,395

)

 

 

(36,872

)

 

 

(79,230

)

 

 

(64,132

)

 

Payments for flight equipment and modifications

 

 

(338,524

)

 

 

(237,093

)

Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired

 

 

-

 

 

 

(107,498

)

Proceeds from investments

 

 

3,247

 

 

 

8,843

 

Purchase deposits and payments for flight equipment and modifications

 

 

(493,826

)

 

 

(346,028

)

 

Investment in joint ventures

 

 

(9,341

)

 

 

(2,424

)

 

Proceeds from disposal of flight equipment

 

 

13,500

 

 

 

9,470

 

 

Net cash used for investing activities

 

 

(401,672

)

 

 

(372,620

)

 

 

(568,897

)

 

 

(403,114

)

 

Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from debt issuance

 

 

447,865

 

 

 

84,790

 

 

 

230,000

 

 

 

23,948

 

 

Proceeds from revolving credit facility

 

 

150,000

 

 

 

-

 

Payment of revolving credit facility

 

 

(150,000

)

 

 

-

 

Payment of debt issuance costs

 

 

(2,176

)

 

 

(1,274

)

 

Payments of debt and finance lease obligations

 

 

(580,402

)

 

 

(271,078

)

 

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 

(100,000

)

 

 

-

 

 

Customer maintenance reserves and deposits received

 

 

22,006

 

 

 

11,172

 

 

 

12,911

 

 

 

13,491

 

 

Customer maintenance reserves paid

 

 

(18,538

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(35,608

)

 

Proceeds from sale of convertible note warrants

 

 

38,148

 

 

 

-

 

Payments for convertible note hedges

 

 

(70,140

)

 

 

-

 

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 

(10,307

)

 

 

(11,071

)

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation expense

 

 

-

 

 

 

443

 

Payment of debt issuance costs

 

 

(11,146

)

 

 

(1,078

)

Payments of debt

 

 

(153,292

)

 

 

(135,843

)

Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities

 

 

244,596

 

 

 

(51,587

)

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

38,030

 

 

 

(323,363

)

Treasury shares withheld for payment of taxes

 

 

(12,056

)

 

 

(7,438

)

 

Net cash used for financing activities

 

 

(451,723

)

 

 

(277,959

)

 

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

(445,045

)

 

 

(72,140

)

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of period

 

 

138,250

 

 

 

438,931

 

 

 

921,017

 

 

 

856,281

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of period

 

$

176,280

 

 

$

115,568

 

 

$

475,972

 

 

$

784,141

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of flight equipment included in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

61,734

 

 

$

18,510

 

Acquisition of flight equipment under capital lease

 

$

32,380

 

 

$

10,650

 

Acquisition of property and equipment included in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

15,344

 

 

$

16,802

 

 

Acquisition of property and equipment acquired under operating leases

 

$

1,119

 

 

$

9,661

 

 

Acquisition of flight equipment under finance leases

 

$

3,321

 

 

$

191,913

 

 

Issuance of shares related to settlement of warrant liability

 

$

-

 

 

$

31,582

 

 

Issuance of shares related to settlement of convertible notes

 

$

7,901

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

 


6


Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(in thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Common

 

 

Treasury

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Retained

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

 

Stock

 

 

Stock

 

 

Capital

 

 

Loss

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

$

296

 

 

$

(183,119

)

 

$

657,082

 

 

$

(4,993

)

 

$

1,048,072

 

 

$

1,517,338

 

Net Income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

14,025

 

 

 

14,025

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

744

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

744

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

17,030

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

17,030

 

Purchase of 191,047 shares of treasury stock

 

 

-

 

 

 

(10,307

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(10,307

)

Issuance of 456,905 shares of restricted stock

 

 

5

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Equity component of convertible note, net of tax

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

43,256

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

43,256

 

Purchase of convertible note hedges, net of tax

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(45,065

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(45,065

)

Issuance of convertible note warrants

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

38,148

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

38,148

 

Balance at September 30, 2017

 

$

301

 

 

$

(193,426

)

 

$

710,446

 

 

$

(4,249

)

 

$

1,062,097

 

 

$

1,575,169

 

 

As of and for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

Common

 

 

Treasury

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Other Comprehensive

 

 

Retained

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

Stock

 

 

Stock

 

 

Capital

 

 

Income (Loss)

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at June 30, 2022

$

352

 

 

$

(337,635

)

 

$

863,014

 

 

$

75

 

 

$

2,338,760

 

 

$

2,864,566

 

Net Income

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

60,100

 

 

 

60,100

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(16

)

Stock-based compensation

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,781

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,781

 

Issuance of 42,640 shares related to settlement of
  convertible notes and warrants

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Receipt of 205 shares related to settlement of
  convertible note hedge transaction

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Issuance of warrants

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,304

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,304

 

Treasury shares of 130 withheld for payment of taxes

 

-

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

9

 

Issuance of 798 shares of restricted stock

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Balance at September 30, 2022

$

352

 

 

$

(337,626

)

 

$

871,099

 

 

$

59

 

 

$

2,398,860

 

 

$

2,932,744

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of and for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

Common

 

 

Treasury

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Other Comprehensive

 

 

Retained

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

Stock

 

 

Stock

 

 

Capital

 

 

Income (Loss)

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at June 30, 2021

$

345

 

 

$

(225,321

)

 

$

919,362

 

 

$

(1,504

)

 

$

1,804,172

 

 

$

2,497,054

 

Net Income

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

119,535

 

 

 

119,535

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

190

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

190

 

Stock-based compensation

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,187

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,187

 

Issuance of warrants

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,304

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,304

 

Treasury shares of 495 withheld for payment of taxes

 

-

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(6

)

Issuance of 93 shares of restricted stock

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Balance at September 30, 2021

$

345

 

 

$

(225,327

)

 

$

926,853

 

 

$

(1,314

)

 

$

1,923,707

 

 

$

2,624,264

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of and for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

Common

 

 

Treasury

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Other Comprehensive

 

 

Retained

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

Stock

 

 

Stock

 

 

Capital

 

 

Income (Loss)

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2021

$

347

 

 

$

(225,461

)

 

$

934,516

 

 

$

(511

)

 

$

2,100,446

 

 

$

2,809,337

 

Net Income

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

229,869

 

 

 

229,869

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

570

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

570

 

Cumulative effect of change in accounting
  principle (see Note 3)

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(92,586

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

68,545

 

 

 

(24,041

)

Stock-based compensation

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

9,438

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

9,438

 

Issuance of 181,149 shares related to settlement of
  convertible notes and warrants

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

7,900

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

7,901

 

Receipt of 26,162 shares related to settlement of
  convertible note hedge transaction

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Issuance of warrants

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

11,835

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

11,835

 

Purchase of 1,234,144 shares of treasury stock

 

-

 

 

 

(100,109

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(100,109

)

Treasury shares of 154,751 withheld for payment
  of taxes

 

-

 

 

 

(12,056

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(12,056

)

Issuance of 382,404 shares of restricted stock

 

4

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Balance at September 30, 2022

$

352

 

 

$

(337,626

)

 

$

871,099

 

 

$

59

 

 

$

2,398,860

 

 

$

2,932,744

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of and for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

Common

 

 

Treasury

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Other Comprehensive

 

 

Retained

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

Stock

 

 

Stock

 

 

Capital

 

 

Income (Loss)

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

$

329

 

 

$

(217,889

)

 

$

873,874

 

 

$

(1,904

)

 

$

1,607,129

 

 

$

2,261,539

 

Net Income

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

316,578

 

 

 

316,578

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

590

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

590

 

Stock-based compensation

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

10,653

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

10,653

 

Issuance of warrants

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

10,760

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

10,760

 

Treasury shares of 130,227 withheld for payment of taxes

 

-

 

 

 

(7,438

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(7,438

)

Issuance of 1,280,450 shares related to settlement of warrants

 

13

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

31,569

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

31,582

 

Issuance of 357,582 shares of restricted stock

 

3

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Balance at September 30, 2021

$

345

 

 

$

(225,327

)

 

$

926,853

 

 

$

(1,314

)

 

$

1,923,707

 

 

$

2,624,264

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Common

 

 

Treasury

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Retained

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

 

Stock

 

 

Stock

 

 

Capital

 

 

Loss

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2015

 

$

290

 

 

$

(171,844

)

 

$

625,244

 

 

$

(6,063

)

 

$

1,006,556

 

 

$

1,454,183

 

Net Income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

13,099

 

 

 

13,099

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

817

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

817

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

27,919

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

27,919

 

Purchase of 293,257 shares of treasury stock

 

 

-

 

 

 

(11,071

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(11,071

)

Issuance of 665,747 shares of restricted stock

 

 

6

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Tax expense on restricted stock and stock options

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(994

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(994

)

Balance at September 30, 2016

 

$

296

 

 

$

(182,915

)

 

$

652,163

 

 

$

(5,246

)

 

$

1,019,655

 

 

$

1,483,953

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements


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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

September 30, 20172022

1. Basis of Presentation

Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the holding company, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (“AAWW”), and its consolidated subsidiaries. AAWW is the parent company of our principal operating subsidiary, Atlas Air, Inc. (“Atlas”), and Southern Air Holdings, Inc. (“Southern Air”).  AAWW is also the parent company of several subsidiaries related to our dry leasing services (collectively referred to as “Titan”). AAWW also has a 51%51% equity interest and 75%75% voting interest in Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. (“Polar”). We record our share of Polar’s results under the equity method of accounting. Polar is a variable interest entity that we do not consolidate because we are not the primary beneficiary and we generally do not have any financial exposure to fund debt obligations or operating losses of Polar (see Note 4 for further discussion).

The terms “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” mean AAWW and all entities included in its consolidated financial statements.

We provide outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services throughout the world, serving Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America through: (i) contractual service arrangements, including those through which we provide aircraft to customers and value-added services, including crew, maintenance and insurance (“ACMI”), as well as those through which we provide crew, maintenance and insurance, but not the aircraft (“CMI”); (ii) and cargo and passenger charter services (“Charter”); and (iii)(ii) dry leasing aircraft and engines (“Dry Leasing” or “Dry Lease”).

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes (the “Financial Statements”) have been prepared in accordance with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) requirements for quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and consequently exclude certain disclosures normally included in audited consolidated financial statements prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes included in the AAWW Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016,2021, which includes additional disclosures and a summary of our significant accounting policies. The December 31, 20162021 balance sheet data was derived from that Annual Report. In our opinion, thethese Financial Statements containinclude all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring items, considered necessary by management to fairly state the financial position of AAWW and its consolidated subsidiaries as of September 30, 2017, theCompany’s results of operations, for the threefinancial position, and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, and shareholders’ equity as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.flows.

Our quarterly results are subject to seasonal and other fluctuations, including fluctuations resulting from the global COVID-19 pandemic and the operating results for any quarter are therefore not necessarily indicative of results that may be otherwise expected for the entire year.

Except for per share data, all dollar amounts are in thousands unless otherwise noted.

2. Merger Agreement

2.On August 4, 2022, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Rand Parent, LLC (“Parent”), a company affiliated with certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., J.F. Lehman & Company, Inc. and Hill City Capital L.P. (collectively, the “Buyers”) and Rand Merger Sub, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“MergerCo”), pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, MergerCo will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Upon completion of the Merger, AAWW will become a privately held company and shares of AAWW common stock will no longer be listed or publicly traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the board of directors, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding (subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Merger Agreement) shall be converted into the right to receive $102.50 in cash, without interest (the “Merger Consideration”).

At the Effective Time, each outstanding warrant with an exercise price of $37.34 per share, as adjusted, issued to Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiary, Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc., (collectively “Amazon”) (see Note 5 for further discussion), shall automatically vest and be exercised in accordance with its terms for the Merger Consideration and each outstanding warrant issued to the U.S. Treasury shall become exercisable for the Merger Consideration. No other warrants issued to Amazon will vest or become exercisable in connection with the Merger. In addition, at the Effective Time, each restricted share unit (including those subject to performance-based vesting conditions) will vest and be canceled and the holder will be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the number of shares of common stock underlying such award (assuming all performance goals are achieved at the maximum level of performance) multiplied by the Merger Consideration.

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The consummation of the Merger is subject to certain closing conditions, including, among other things: (i) the approval of the Company’s stockholders; (ii) the expiration or early termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended as well as certain non-U.S. antitrust approvals; (iii) the receipt of certain required consents or approvals from (a) the U.S. Department of Transportation, (b) the Federal Communications Commission and (c) certain other regulatory agencies; (iv) the absence of legal restraints prohibiting the Merger; and (v) other customary conditions specified in the Merger Agreement.

The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for the Company and Parent, including, among others, the right of (1) either party to terminate the Merger Agreement if the Merger is not consummated by March 4, 2023 (subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Merger Agreement), (2) the Company to terminate the Merger Agreement in order to enter into a definitive acquisition agreement providing for a Superior Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and (3) Parent to terminate the Merger Agreement if the Board changes its recommendation with respect to the Merger Agreement.

Upon termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances, the Company would be required to pay Parent a termination fee. Generally, if the termination fee becomes payable as a result of the Company terminating the Merger Agreement in order to enter into a definitive acquisition agreement, or by Parent as a result of the Board changing its recommendation with respect to the Merger or under certain other circumstances, the amount of the termination fee will be $97.5 million. If the Company terminates the Merger Agreement as a result of Parent’s breach of the Merger Agreement or because Parent fails to consummate the Merger when required by the Merger Agreement, the Company will be entitled to receive a termination fee of $227.4 million.

The Company has incurred and will incur certain costs relating to the proposed Merger, such as financial advisory, legal, accounting and other professional services fees. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we recognized $6.9 million in Transaction-related expenses.

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Heavy Maintenance

Except for engines used on our 747-8F aircraft,as described in the paragraph below, we account for heavy maintenance costs for airframes and engines used in our ACMI and Charter segments using the direct expense method. Under this method, heavy maintenance costs are charged to expense upon induction, based on our best estimate of the costs.costs after considering multiple factors, including historical costs, experience and information provided by third-party maintenance providers. These estimates may be subsequently adjusted for changes and the final determination of actual costs incurred.As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, Accrued heavy maintenance was $64.3 million and $79.6 million, respectively.

We account for heavy maintenance costs for airframes and engines used in our Dry Leasing segment and engines used on our 747-8F and 777-200 aircraft using the deferral method. Under this method, we defer the expense recognition of scheduled heavy maintenance events, which are amortized over the shorter of the estimated period until the next scheduled heavy maintenance event is required.required or remaining lease term. Amortization of deferred maintenance expense included in Depreciation and amortization was $1.8$11.7 million and zero$35.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, respectively, and was $3.7 million and zero for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022, respectively. Amortization of deferred maintenance expense included in Depreciation and amortization was $12.8 million and $37.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016,2021, respectively.

Deferred maintenance included within Deferred costs and other assets is as follows:

Balance as of December 31, 2021

 

$

180,675

 

Deferred maintenance costs

 

 

21,792

 

Special charge (1)

 

 

(1,628

)

Amortization of deferred maintenance

 

 

(34,998

)

Balance as of September 30, 2022

 

$

165,841

 

(1) See Note 7 for further discussion.

Property and Equipment

Committed capital expenditures are expected to be $261.8 million for the remainder of 2022 and $477.4 million in 2023. These expenditures include delivery payments for our January 2021 agreement to purchase four 747-8F aircraft from The Boeing Company (“Boeing”). The first two of these aircraft were delivered in May and October of 2022 and the remaining two are expected to be delivered during the fourth quarter of 2022 and first quarter of 2023. These amounts also include pre-delivery and delivery payments for our December 2021 agreement to purchase four new 777-200LRF aircraft from Boeing. The first of these aircraft is expected to be delivered late in the fourth quarter of 2022 and the remaining three throughout 2023. In addition, the amounts include other agreements to acquire spare engines.

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Deferred

Maintenance

 

Balance as of December 31, 2016

 

$

19,100

 

Deferred maintenance costs

 

 

33,910

 

Amortization of deferred maintenance

 

 

(3,710

)

Balance as of September 30, 2017

 

$

49,300

 


Payroll Support Program under the CARES Act

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

The following table providesIn May 2020, two subsidiaries of the Company, Atlas and Southern Air, Inc. (“Southern Air”, and together with Atlas, the “PSP Recipients”) entered into an agreement with the U.S. Treasury (the "PSP Agreement") with respect to payroll support funding available to cargo carriers under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”). AAWW also entered into a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalentsWarrant Agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) with the U.S. Treasury, and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheets that sumAAWW issued a senior unsecured promissory note to the total shownU.S. Treasury (the “Promissory Note”), with the PSP Recipients as guarantor.

In connection with the payroll support funding received in 2020 under the PSP Agreement, we issued warrants to the U.S. Treasury to acquire up to 625,452 shares of our common stock. Any unexercised warrants will expire in 2025 on the fifth anniversary of the issue date of each warrant. As of September 30, 2022, no portion of the warrants have been exercised.

We initially recognized deferred grant income within Accrued liabilities for the difference between the payroll support funding received in 2020 under the PSP Agreement and the amounts recorded for the Promissory Note and the Warrant Agreement. All grant income has been subsequently recognized within Other (income) expense, net in the consolidated statements of cash flows:

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

165,250

 

 

$

123,890

 

Restricted cash

 

 

11,030

 

 

 

14,360

 

Total Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   shown in consolidated statements of cash flows

 

$

176,280

 

 

$

138,250

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) amended its accounting guidance for share-based compensation.  The amended guidance changes how companies account for certain aspects of share-based payment awards to employees, including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures, and statutory tax withholding requirements, as well as classification in the statement of cash flows.  We adopted this amended guidance on January 1, 2017operations on a prospective basis.  As a result, we recognized $1.8 million of excess taxpro-rata basis over the periods that the qualifying employee wages, salaries and benefits duringwere paid. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as a reduction2021, we recognized the remaining $40.9 million of deferred grant income taxwithin Other (income) expense, net in ourthe consolidated statementsstatement of operations.  Excess tax benefits were previously recognized within equity.  Additionally, our consolidated statements of cash flows present such excess tax benefits, which were previously presented as a financing activity, as an operating activity.

Recent Accounting Pronouncement Adopted in 2022

In February 2016,August 2020, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board amended its accounting guidance for leases.  Thecertain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity, including convertible debt instruments. For convertible debt with a cash conversion feature, the amended guidance requires a lesseeremoves the accounting model to recognize assetsseparately account for the liability and liabilities on the balance sheet arising from leases with terms greater than twelve months.  While lessor accounting guidance is relatively unchanged, certain amendments were made to conform with changes made to lessee accounting and amended revenue recognition guidance.  The new guidance will continue to classify leases as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the presentation and pattern of expense and income recognition,equity components, which resulted in the statementamortization of operations.  It also requires additional quantitative and qualitative disclosures about leasing arrangements.a debt discount to interest expense. Under this amended guidance, such convertible debt is accounted for as a single debt instrument with no amortization of a debt discount, unless certain other conditions are met. The amended guidance is effective asalso requires the use of the beginningif-converted method when calculating the dilutive impact of 2019, with early adoption permitted.  Whileconvertible debt on earnings per share. Effective January 1, 2022, we are still assessing the impactadopted the amended guidance will have on our financial statements, we expect that recognizing the right-of-use asset and related lease liability will impact our balance sheet materially. We have developed and are implementing a plan for adopting this amended guidance.

In May 2014, the FASB amended its accounting guidance for revenue recognition.  Subsequently, the FASB has issued several clarifications and updates.  The fundamental principles of the new guidance are that companies should recognize revenue in a manner that reflects the timing of the transfer of services to customers and consideration that a company expects to receive for the services provided.  It also requires additional disclosures necessary for the financial statement users to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers.  The two permitted transition methods under the guidance are the full retrospective approach, under which the guidance is applied to all periods presented, orusing the modified retrospective approach, under which the guidance iswas applied only to the most current period presented. WhileOn January 1, 2022, we believerecorded an increase of $31.0 million to the amended guidance will not have a material effect on our financial statements, we expect that revenue currently recognized based on flight departure will be recognized over time as the services are performed. In addition, we expect that revenue under certain ACMI and CMI contracts, such as revenue related to contracted minimum block hour guarantees, will be recognized in later periods and that some revenue adjustments related to meeting or exceeding on-time performance targets will be recognized in earlier periods. The implementationcarrying value of our planconvertible notes, a reduction of $6.9 million to adopt this amended guidance is progressing as expecteddeferred tax liabilities, a reduction of $92.6 million to Additional paid-in capital and we planan increase of $68.5 million to adoptRetained earnings for the new guidance on its required effective datecumulative effect of January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach.adoption.

3.4. Related Parties

DHL Investment and Polar

AAWW has a 51%51% equity interest and 75%75% voting interest in Polar. DHL Network Operations (USA), Inc. (“DHL”), a subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG, (“DP”), holds a 49%49% equity interest and a 25%25% voting interest in Polar. Polar is a variable interest entity that we do not consolidate because we are not the primary beneficiary as the risks associated with the direct costs of operation are with DHL. Under a 20-year blocked space agreement, (the “BSA”),which began in 2008, Polar provides air cargo capacity to DHL. Atlas has several agreements with Polar to provide ACMI, CMI, Dry Leasing, administrative, sales and ground support services to one another. We do not have any financial exposure to fund debt obligations or operating losses of Polar, except for any liquidated damages that we could incur under these agreements.


The following table summarizes our transactions and balances with Polar:

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

Revenue and Expenses:

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

Revenue from Polar

$

68,146

 

 

$

81,119

 

 

$

235,090

 

 

$

234,036

 

 

Ground handling and airport fees to Polar

 

842

 

 

 

1,096

 

 

 

2,859

 

 

 

2,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable/payable as of:

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables from Polar

$

4,671

 

 

$

22,311

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payables to Polar

 

868

 

 

 

3,082

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Carrying Value of Polar
  Investment as of:

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Carrying Value of Polar
  Investment

$

4,870

 

 

$

4,870

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

Revenue and Expenses:

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

Revenue from Polar

 

$

105,985

 

 

$

101,432

 

 

$

317,144

 

 

$

302,149

 

Ground handling and airport fees to Polar

 

 

800

 

 

 

424

 

 

 

1,926

 

 

 

1,048

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable/payable as of:

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables from Polar

 

$

12,426

 

 

$

8,161

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payables to Polar

 

 

2,270

 

 

 

2,019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Carrying Value of Polar Investment as of:

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Carrying Value of Polar Investment

 

$

4,870

 

 

$

4,870

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GATS

We hold a 50% interestIn addition to the amounts in GATS GP (BVI) Ltd. (“GATS”), a joint venture with an unrelated third party.  Asthe table above, Atlas recognized revenue from flying on behalf of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, our investment in GATS was $22.1Polar of $21.2 million and $22.2

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$95.2 million respectively.  We had Accounts payable to GATS of $0.3 million as of September 30, 2017 and $2.4 million as of December 31, 2016.

4. Southern Air Acquisition

On April 7, 2016, we completed the acquisition of Southern Air and its subsidiaries, including Southern Air Inc. and Florida West International Airways, Inc. (“Florida West”).  The acquisition of Southern Air provided us with immediate entry into 777 and 737 aircraft operating platforms, with the potential for developing additional business with existing and new customers. We believe this augments our ability to offer the broadest array of aircraft and services for domestic, regional and international operations.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, we incurred Transaction-related expenses of $1.1 million and $3.4 million, respectively.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we incurred Transaction-related expenses of $3.1 million and $17.2 million, respectively.  Transaction-related expenses are primarily related to: compensation costs, including employee termination benefits; professional fees; and integration costs associated with the acquisition.

The unaudited estimated pro forma operating revenue for AAWW, including Southern Air, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $448.02022, respectively. Atlas recognized revenue from flying on behalf of Polar of $28.3 million and $1,337.0$151.4 million respectively, including adjustments to conform with our accounting policies.  The earnings of Southern Air were not material for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20162021, respectively.

Dry Leasing Joint Venture

We hold a 10% interest in a joint venture with an unrelated third party, which we entered into in December 2019, to develop a diversified freighter aircraft dry leasing portfolio. Through Titan, we provide aircraft and accordingly, pro formalease management services to the joint venture for fees based upon aircraft assets under management, among other things. Our investment in the joint venture is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Under the joint venture, we have a commitment to provide up to $40.0 million of capital contributions before December 2022, of which $15.6 million has been contributed as of September 30, 2022. Our maximum exposure to losses from the entity is limited to our investment.

The following table summarizes our transactions and actual earnings informationbalances with our dry leasing joint venture:

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

Revenue and Expenses:

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

Revenue from dry leasing joint venture

$

850

 

 

$

288

 

 

$

1,784

 

 

$

423

 

Aircraft rent to dry leasing joint venture

 

2,250

 

 

 

2,250

 

 

 

6,750

 

 

 

6,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Carrying Value of
  Joint Venture as of:

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Carrying Value of
  Dry Leasing Joint Venture

$

14,847

 

 

$

8,448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parts Joint Venture

We hold a 50% interest in a joint venture with an unrelated third party to purchase rotable parts and provide repair services for those parts, primarily for 747-8F aircraft. The joint venture is a variable interest entity and we have not been presented.  

As partconsolidated the joint venture because we are not the primary beneficiary as we do not exercise financial control. Our investment in the joint venture is accounted for under the equity method of integrating Southern Air, management decidedaccounting and committedwas $20.0 million as of September 30, 2022 and $19.2 million as of December 31, 2021. Our maximum exposure to pursue a plan to sell Florida West.  As a result, the financial results for Florida West were presented as a discontinued operation and the assets and liabilities of Florida West were classified as held for salelosses from the dateentity is limited to our investment, which is composed primarily of acquisition throughrotable inventory parts. The joint venture does not have any third-party debt obligations. We had Accounts receivable from the joint venture of $0.1 million as of September 30, 2022 and $0.3 million as of December 31, 2016.  In February 2017, management determined that a sale was no longer likely2021. We had Accounts payable to occur and committed to a plan to wind-down the Florida West operations.  The wind-downjoint venture of operations was completed during the first quarter$0.6 million as of 2017.

A summary of the employee termination benefit liabilities, which are expected to be paid by the first quarter of 2018, is as follows:

 

 

Employee

Termination

Benefits

 

Liability as of December 31, 2016

 

$

1,214

 

Wind-down expenses

 

 

766

 

Cash payments

 

 

(1,718

)

Liability as of September 30, 2017

 

$

262

 

5. Special Charge

During the first quarter of 2016, we classified four CF6-80 engines as held for sale, recognized an impairment loss of $6.5 million and ceased depreciation on the engines.  All four of those engines were traded in during 2016.  During the fourth quarter of 2016, we classified two CF6-80 engines as held for sale, recognized an impairment loss of $3.5 million and ceased depreciation on the


engines.  One of those engines was traded in during the first quarter of 2017.  The carrying value of the remaining CF6-80 engine held for sale at September 30, 2017 was $1.42022 and $1.2 million andas of the two CF6-80 engines held for sale at December 31, 2016 was $2.8 million, which was included within Prepaid expenses and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets.  The remaining CF6-80 engine classified as held for sale is expected to be sold during the fourth quarter of 2017.2021.

5. Amazon

6. Amazon

In May 2016, we entered into certain agreements with Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiary, Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc., (collectively “Amazon”), which involves,involve, among other things, CMI operation of up to 20 Boeing 767-300 freighter aircraft for Amazon by Atlas, as well as Dry Leasing by Titan. The Dry Leases will have a term of ten years from the commencement of each lease,agreement, while the CMI operations will beare for seven years from the commencement of each agreement (with an option for Amazon to extend the term to a totalten years). As of ten years).  We placed the first seven aircraftSeptember 30, 2022, 19 767-300 freighters were in Dry Lease service, between August 2016 and August 2017.  In October 2017, we began flying three additional aircraft and we expect to beof which 17 were operating all 20 by the end of 2018.in CMI service.

In conjunction with thesethe agreements entered into in May 2016, we granted Amazon a warrant providing the right to acquire up to 20% of our outstanding common shares, as of the date of the agreements, after giving effect to the issuance of shares pursuant to the warrants, at an exercise price of $37.50$37.34 per share.  A portion of the warrant, representing the right to purchase 3.75share, as adjusted (“Warrant A”). All 7.5 million shares, as adjusted, vested immediately upon issuance of the warrantin full and the remainder of the warrant, representing the right to purchase 3.75 million shares, will vest in increments of 375,000 as the lease and operation of each of the 11th through 20th aircraft commences.  The warrant will be exercisable in accordance with its terms through 2021.  As of September 30, 2017, no warrants have been exercised.

The agreements entered into in May 2016 also provideprovided incentives for future growth of the relationship as Amazon may increase its business with us.Amazon. In that regard, we granted Amazon a warrant to acquire up to an additional 10%10% of our outstanding common shares, as of the date of the agreements, after giving effect to the issuance of shares pursuant to the warrants, for an exercise price of $37.50$37.34 per share.share, as adjusted (“Warrant B”). This warrant to purchase 3.753.77 million shares, as adjusted, will vest in conjunction with payments byincrements of 37,660 shares, as adjusted, each time Amazon has paid $4.2 million of revenue to us, up to a total of $420.0 million, for additionalincremental business with us.  The warrantbeyond the original 20 767-300 freighters. As of September 30, 2022, 1,355,760 shares, as adjusted, of Warrant B have vested, of which 790,860 shares remain unexercised. Warrant B will be exercisableexpire if not exercised in accordance with its terms through 2023.by May 4, 2023.

AtIn March 2019, we amended the agreements entered into in 2016 with Amazon, pursuant to which we began providing CMI services using Boeing 737-800 freighter aircraft provided by Amazon. The 737-800 CMI operations are for a special meeting onterm of seven years from the commencement of each agreement (with an option for Amazon to extend the term to ten years). As of September 20, 2016,30, 2022, eight 737-800 freighter aircraft were operating in CMI service.

In connection with the Company’s shareholders, byamended agreements, we granted Amazon a votewarrant to acquire up to an additional 9.9% of approximately 99.9%our

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outstanding common shares, as of the votes cast, approveddate of the agreements, after giving effect to the issuance of warrantsshares pursuant to acquirethe warrant, for an exercise price of $52.67 per share, as adjusted (“Warrant C”). Only if Warrant B vests in full, this warrant to purchase 6.66 million shares, as adjusted, would vest in increments of 45,623 shares, as adjusted, each time Amazon has paid $6.9 million of revenue to us, up to 30%a total of $1.0 billion, for incremental business beyond Warrant A and Warrant B. As of September 30, 2022, no portion of Warrant C has vested. Warrant C will expire if not exercised in accordance with its terms by March 27, 2026. Further, in the event that Warrant B does not vest in full on or prior to its May 4, 2023 expiration, then Warrant C will no longer be exercisable by Amazon as of that date.

While Amazon would be entitled to vote the shares it owns up to 14.9% of our outstanding common shares.  This approval constituted a changeshares, in control, as defined under certainits discretion, it would be required to vote any shares it owns in excess of 14.9% of our outstanding common shares in accordance with the Company’s benefit plans.  As a result, we recognized $26.2 million in expense, including accelerated compensation expense for restricted and performance share and cash awards, during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2016.  The share-based portionrecommendation of the compensation expense was $11.6 million.our board of directors.

The $92.9 million fair value of the vested portion of the warrant issued to Amazon as of May 4, 2016 was recorded as a warrant liability within Financial instruments and other liabilities (the “Amazon Warrant”).  This initial fair value of the warrant was also recognized as a customer incentive asset within Deferred costs and other assets, net and is being amortized as a reduction of revenue in proportion to the amount of revenue recognized over the terms of the Dry Leases and CMI agreements.  We amortized $1.5$9.5 million and $2.9$29.4 million of the customer incentive asset as a reduction of Operating Revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,2022, respectively. We amortized $0.2$11.3 million and $33.3 million of the customer incentive asset as a reduction of Operating Revenue for the three and nine month periodsmonths ended September 30, 2016.  The balance of the customer2021, respectively.

Customer incentive asset included within Deferred costs and other assets is as follows:

Balance as of December 31, 2021

 

$

96,177

 

Initial value for estimate of vested or expected to vest warrants

 

 

11,835

 

Amortization of customer incentive asset

 

 

(29,389

)

Balance as of September 30, 2022

 

$

78,623

 

6. Supplemental Financial Information

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable, net of amortization,allowance for expected credit losses related to customer contracts, excluding Dry Leasing contracts, was $89.5$210.7 million as of September 30, 20172022 and $92.4$248.4 million as of December 31, 2016.2021.

Allowance for expected credit losses, included within Accounts receivable, is as follows:

Balance as of December 31, 2021

 

$

4,003

 

Reversal of expected credit losses

 

 

(589

)

Amounts written off and other items

 

 

(1,375

)

Balance as of September 30, 2022

 

$

2,039

 

Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following as of:

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Salaries, wages and benefits

 

$

177,122

 

 

$

211,801

 

Maintenance

 

 

119,240

 

 

 

135,133

 

Customer maintenance reserves

 

 

100,063

 

 

 

87,565

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

61,976

 

 

 

58,616

 

Aircraft fuel

 

 

48,334

 

 

 

40,855

 

Other

 

 

104,856

 

 

 

108,008

 

Accrued liabilities

 

$

611,591

 

 

$

641,978

 

Revenue Contract Liability

Deferred revenue for customer contracts, excluding Dry Leasing contracts, represents amounts collected from, or invoiced to, customers in advance of revenue recognition. The Amazon Warrant liability is marked-to-market atbalance of Deferred revenue will increase or decrease based on the endtiming of each reporting period withinvoices and recognition of revenue.

Significant changes in fair valueDeferred Revenue liability balances during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 were as follows:

Balance as of December 31, 2021

 

$

52,647

 

Revenue recognized

 

 

(356,572

)

Amounts collected or invoiced

 

 

355,130

 

Balance as of September 30, 2022

 

$

51,205

 

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Supplemental Cash Flow Information

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheets that sum to the total shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows:

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

465,499

 

 

$

910,965

 

Restricted cash

 

 

10,473

 

 

 

10,052

 

Total Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in
   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

$

475,972

 

 

$

921,017

 

7. Special Charge and Assets Held for Sale

Special Charge

We recorded in Unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments.  We utilize a Monte Carlo simulation approach to estimate the fair valueSpecial charge of the Amazon Warrant which requires inputs such as our common stock price, the warrant strike price, estimated common stock price volatility and risk-free interest rate, among others.  We recognized a net unrealized loss of $44.8$6.3 million and $36.2$8.9 million on the Amazon Warrant during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.  We recognized2022, respectively, related to three nonoperational spare CF6-80 engines held for sale to be traded in for newly overhauled engines and related to two other CF6-80 engines Dry Leased to a net unrealized losscustomer.

Assets Held for Sale

As of $1.5September 30, 2022, we had three spare CF6-80 engines with a carrying value of $5.4 million classified as held for sale within Prepaid expense, assets held for sale and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets. The three engines are expected to be sold by the end of the first quarter of 2023.

As of December 31, 2021, we had six spare CF6-80 engines with a net unrealized gaincarrying value of $25.0$5.5 million onclassified as held for sale within Prepaid expense, assets held for sale and other current assets in the Amazon Warrant duringconsolidated balance sheets. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively.  The fair value2022, we received proceeds of $11.7 million and recognized a net gain of $6.2 million from the completion of the Amazon Warrant liability was $132.0 million as of September 30, 2017 and $95.8 million as of December 31, 2016.


7. Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consistedsale of the following as of:six spare CF6-80 engines within Gain on disposal of flight equipment in the consolidated statement of operations.

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

Maintenance

 

$

143,941

 

 

$

54,495

 

Customer maintenance reserves

 

 

85,256

 

 

 

81,830

 

Salaries, wages and benefits

 

 

48,879

 

 

 

55,063

 

U.S. class action settlement

 

 

30,000

 

 

 

35,000

 

Aircraft fuel

 

 

22,638

 

 

 

16,149

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

22,565

 

 

 

10,298

 

Other

 

 

68,391

 

 

 

68,052

 

Accrued liabilities

 

$

421,670

 

 

$

320,887

 

8. Debt

Term Loans and Capital Lease

We have entered into variousIn May 2022, we borrowed $140.0 million for the delivery of one 747-8F aircraft under a 12-year term loans during 2017 to finance the purchase and passenger-to-freighter conversion of 767-300loan due in May 2034. The term loan is secured by a mortgage against one 747-8F aircraft and for GEnx engine performance upgrade kits and overhauls.  Each term loan requires paymenthas a fixed interest rate of4.17% with principal and interest quarterly in arrears.  Funds available under eachpayable quarterly. The term loan areis subject to usual and customary fees, and funds drawn typically bear interest at a fixed rate based on LIBOR, plus a margin.  Each facility is guaranteed by us and subject to customary covenants and events of default.

The following table summarizesIn October 2022, we borrowed $140.0 million for the terms and principal balances for eachdelivery of one 747-8F aircraft under a 12-year term loan entered into during 2017 (in millions):

 

Issue

Face

 

Collateral

Original

Interest Rate

Interest

 

 

Date

Value

 

Type

Term

Type

Rate

 

First 2017 Term Loan

April 2017

$

20.1

 

767-300

91 months

Fixed

 

3.02%

 

Second 2017 Term Loan

April 2017

 

21.3

 

767-300

91 months

Fixed

 

3.16%

 

Third 2017 Term Loan

May 2017

 

21.5

 

767-300

91 months

Fixed

 

3.16%

 

Fourth 2017 Term Loan

June 2017

 

21.3

 

767-300

91 months

Fixed

 

3.09%

 

Fifth 2017 Term Loan

June 2017

 

21.7

 

767-300

91 months

Fixed

 

3.11%

 

Sixth 2017 Term Loan

June 2017

 

21.7

 

767-300

91 months

Fixed

 

3.11%

 

Seventh 2017 Term Loan

June 2017

 

18.7

 

None

58 months

Fixed

 

2.17%

 

Eighth 2017 Term Loan

July 2017

 

12.5

 

767-300

60 months

Fixed

 

3.62%

 

Total

 

$

158.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In March 2017, we amended and extended a lease for a 747-400 freighter aircraft to June 2032 at a lower monthly lease payment.  As a result of the extension, we determined that the lease qualifies as a capital lease.  The present value of the future minimum lease payments was $32.4 million.

Private Placement Facility

In September 2017, we entered into a debt facility for up to $146.5 million through a private placement to finance the purchase and passenger-to-freighter conversion of up to six 767-300 freighter aircraft dry leased to Amazon (the “Private Placement Facility”)due in October 2034. The Private Placement Facility consists of six separate loans (the “Private Placement Loans”).  Each Private Placement Loan is comprised of an equipment note and an equipment term loan bothis secured by the cash flows from a 767-300 freightermortgage against one 747-8F aircraft dry lease and the underlying aircraft.  The equipment notes require paymenthas a fixed interest rate of5.73% with principal and interest at a fixed interest rate.payable quarterly. The equipment term loans accrue interest, at a fixed rate, whichloan is added to the principal balance outstanding until each equipment note is paid in full.  Subsequently, the equipment term loans require payment of principal and interest over the remaining term of the loans.  The Private Placement Loans are cross-collateralized, but not cross-defaulted, with each other and, except for certain specified events, are not cross-defaulted with other debt facilities of the Company.

In connection with entry into the Private Placement Facility, we have agreed to pay usual and customary commitment and other fees associated with this type of financing.  The Private Placement Facility is guaranteed by us and subject to customary fees, covenants and events of default.


In October 2017, we completed the following financings for the first three aircraft under the Private Placement Facility:

 

Issue

Face

 

Collateral

Original

Interest Rate

Interest

 

 

Date

Value

 

Type

Term

Type

Rate

 

First 2017 Equipment Note

October 2017

$

21.2

 

Dry Lease and 767-300

87 months

Fixed

 

2.93%

 

First 2017 Equipment Term Loan

October 2017

 

2.6

 

Dry Lease and 767-300

103 months

Fixed

 

4.75%

 

Second 2017 Equipment Note

October 2017

 

21.4

 

Dry Lease and 767-300

88 months

Fixed

 

2.93%

 

Second 2017 Equipment Term Loan

October 2017

 

3.2

 

Dry Lease and 767-300

107 months

Fixed

 

4.75%

 

Third 2017 Equipment Note

October 2017

 

21.2

 

Dry Lease and 767-300

87 months

Fixed

 

2.93%

 

Third 2017 Equipment Term Loan

October 2017

 

3.0

 

Dry Lease and 767-300

105 months

Fixed

 

4.75%

 

Total

 

$

72.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convertible Notes

In May 2017,June 2015, we issued $289.0$224.5 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes with 2.25% coupon (the “2017“2015 Convertible Notes”) in an underwritten public offering. The Convertible Notes are senior unsecured obligations and accrue interest payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year at a fixed rate of 1.875%.  The 2017 Convertible Notes will mature on June 1, 2024, unless earlier converted or repurchased pursuant to their terms.

We used the majority of the net proceeds in May 2017 to repay $150.0 million then outstanding under our revolving credit facility andrefinance debt related to fund the cost747-400 freighter aircraft with an average coupon of the convertible note hedges described below.

Each $1,000 of principal of the 2017 Convertible Notes will initially be convertible into 16.3713 shares of our common stock, which is equal to an initial conversion price of $61.08 per share. The conversion rate will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain specified events but will not be adjusted for accrued and unpaid interest, except in certain limited circumstances. Upon the occurrence of a “make-whole fundamental change,” we will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate by a number of additional shares of our common stock for the 2017 Convertible Notes converted in connection with such “make-whole fundamental change”8.1%. Additionally, if we undergo a “fundamental change,” a holder will have the option to require us to repurchase all or a portion of its 2017 Convertible Notes for cash at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2017 Convertible Notes being repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest through, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.

In connection with the offering of the 20172015 Convertible Notes, we entered intopurchased convertible note hedge transactionshedges whereby we havehad the optionright to purchase initially (subject to adjustment forreceive a certain specified events) a totalnumber of 4,731,306 shares of our common stock at a fixed price of $61.08 per share.  The total cost of the convertible note hedge transactions was $70.1 million. In addition, we sold warrants to the option counterparties whereby the holders of the warrants have the option to purchase initially (subject to adjustment fora certain specified events) a totalnumber of 4,731,306 shares of our common stock at a fixed price per share.

On June 1, 2022, the 2015 Convertible Notes reached maturity and were settled in full. In the aggregate, we paid $210.4 million and issued 138,509 shares of $92.20.common stock to those holders that elected to convert their outstanding notes and we paid $6.2 million to holders that did not elect to convert their outstanding notes. In connection with the settlement of the 2015 Convertible Notes, we exercised our rights under the convertible note hedge transactions with the counterparties on June 1, 2022 and received 25,957 shares of our common stock.

In connection with the settlement of the 2015 Convertible Notes warrants, as of September 30, 2022, we have issued 42,431 shares related to the cashless exercise of 411,413 warrants, of which 2,620,145 warrants remain unexercised.

In May 2017, we issued $289.0 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes that mature on June 1, 2024 with a 1.88% coupon (the “2017 Convertible Notes”) in an underwritten public offering. We received $38.1 million in cashused the majority of the net proceeds fromto repay our then outstanding revolving credit facility. The 2017 Convertible Notes are senior unsecured obligations and accrue interest

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payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year. The 2017 Convertible Notes are due on their maturity date, unless earlier converted or repurchased pursuant to their respective terms.

In connection with the saleoffering of these warrants.the 2017 Convertible Notes, we purchased convertible note hedges whereby we have the right to receive a certain number of shares of our common stock at a fixed price per share. In addition, we sold warrants to the option counterparties whereby the holders of the warrants have the option to purchase a certain number of shares of our common stock at a fixed price per share.

Taken together, the purchase of the convertible note hedges and the sale of warrants are intended to offset any economic dilution from the conversion of the 2017 Convertible Notes when the stock price is below $92.20 per sharethe exercise price of the respective warrants and to effectively increase the overall conversion price from $61.08$61.08 to $92.20 per share.  However, for purposes of the computation of diluted earnings$92.20 per share in accordance with GAAP, dilution typically occurs when the average share price of our common stock for a given period exceeds the conversion price of the 2017 Convertible Notes.  The $32.0 million net cost incurred in connection with the convertible note hedges and warrants was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital, net of tax, in the consolidated balance sheet.

On or after September 1, 2023 until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, a holder may convert all or a portion of its 2017 Convertible Notes.

Upon conversion, the 2017 Convertible Notes will be settled, at our election, in cash, shares of our common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock. Prior to September 1, 2023, a holder may also convert under certain circumstances, including if the price of our common stock is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price for at least 20 trading days during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the quarter. Our current intent and policy is to settle conversions with a combination of cash and shares of common stock.

The price of our common stock withwas greater than or equal to 130% of the principal amountconversion price of the 2017 Convertible Notes paid in cash.

Holders may only convert their 2017 Convertible Notesfor at their option at any time prior to September 1, 2023, under the following circumstances:

during any calendar quarter (and only during such calendar quarter) if, for each of at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the last trading day of the


immediately preceding calendar quarter, the last reported sale price of our common stock for such trading day is equal to or greater than 130% of the conversion price on such trading day;

during the five consecutive business day period immediately following any five30 consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which, for eachdays ending on the last trading day of the measurement period,quarter ended September 30, 2022. Therefore, our 2017 Convertible Notes are convertible at the trading price per $1,000 principalholders’ option beginning on October 1, 2022 and continue to be convertible through December 31, 2022. We received conversion notices on our 2017 Convertible Notes for an immaterial amount during the second quarter of 2022, which were settled during the convertible notes for such trading day was less than 98%third quarter of the product of the last reported sale price of our common stock for such trading day and the conversion rate on such trading day; or2022.

upon the occurrence of specified corporate events.

WeThrough December 31, 2021, we separately accountaccounted for the liability and equity components of convertible notes.  The carrying amount of the liability component was determined by measuring the fair value of a similar liability that does not have an associated conversion feature, assuming our nonconvertible unsecured debt borrowing rate.  The carrying value of the equity component, the conversion option, which is recognized as additional paid-in-capital, net of tax, creates a debt discountnotes based on the convertible notes.  The debt discount was determined by deducting thetheir relative fair value of the liability component from the proceeds of the convertible notes and is amortized to interest expense using an effective interest rate of 6.14% over the term of the 2017 Convertible Notes.  The equity component will not be remeasured as long as it continues to meet the conditions for equity classification.

The debtvalues. Debt issuance costs related to the issuance of the 2017 Convertible Notesconvertible notes were also previously allocated to the liability and equity components based on their relative values, as determined above.  Totalvalues. With the adoption of the amended accounting guidance for convertible notes on January 1, 2022 (see Note 3 for further discussion), amounts, including debt issuance costs, that were $7.5 million, of which $5.7 million was allocatedpreviously classified within equity were reclassified to the liability component, and $1.8 million was allocated to the equity component. The debtnet of any remaining unamortized amounts. Debt issuance costs allocated to the liability component are amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of theeach convertible notes.

The 2017 Convertible Notes.

In June 2015, we issued $224.5 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes (the “2015 Convertible Notes”) in an underwritten public offering.  The 2015 Convertible Notes are senior unsecured obligations and accrue interest payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year at a fixed rate of 2.25%.  The 2015 Convertible Notes will mature on June 1, 2022, unless earlier converted or repurchased pursuant to their terms.

As of September 30, 2017, the 2017 Convertible Notes and the 2015 Convertible Notes consisted of the following: as of September 30, 2022:

 

 

2017 Convertible Note

 

 

2015 Convertible Note

 

 

2017 Convertible Notes

 

 

Remaining life in months

 

 

80

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

20

 

 

Liability component:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross proceeds

 

$

289,000

 

 

$

224,500

 

 

$

288,926

 

 

Less: debt discount, net of amortization

 

 

(67,245

)

 

 

(37,862

)

Less: debt issuance cost, net of amortization

 

 

(5,394

)

 

 

(3,623

)

 

 

(1,769

)

 

Net carrying amount

 

$

216,361

 

 

$

183,015

 

 

$

287,157

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity component (1)

 

$

70,140

 

 

$

52,903

 

 

(1)

Included in Additional paid-in capital on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2017.

The following table presents the amount of interest expense recognized related to the 2017 Convertible Notes and the 2015 Convertible Notes:convertible notes:

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

Contractual interest coupon

 

$

2,618

 

 

$

1,263

 

 

 

$

5,730

 

 

$

3,788

 

 

$

1,355

 

 

$

2,618

 

 

 

$

6,169

 

 

$

7,853

 

Amortization of debt discount

 

 

3,752

 

 

 

1,618

 

 

 

 

7,990

 

 

 

4,777

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,820

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

14,236

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs

 

 

352

 

 

 

170

 

 

 

 

776

 

 

 

505

 

 

 

265

 

 

 

410

 

 

 

 

1,201

 

 

 

1,219

 

Total interest expense recognized

 

$

6,722

 

 

$

3,051

 

 

 

$

14,496

 

 

$

9,070

 

 

$

1,620

 

 

$

7,848

 

 

 

$

7,370

 

 

$

23,308

 

Revolving Credit Facility

In December 2016,2021, we enteredamended and extended our previous three-year $200.0 million secured revolving credit facility into a three-year $150.0new four-year $250.0 million secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”) for general corporate purposes, including financing the acquisition and conversionpurposes. As of 767 aircraft prior to obtaining permanent financing for the


converted aircraft.  ThereSeptember 30, 2022, there were no amounts outstanding and we had $142.3$250.0 million of unused availability, under the Revolver, based on the collateral borrowing base, asbase.

Other Debt

In April 2022, we refinanced a term loan secured by a 747-8F aircraft and received proceeds of September 30, 2017.

9. Commitments

Equipment Purchase Commitments

As$90.0 million from a financing with an 84-month term for this aircraft at a blended fixed rate of September 30, 2017, our estimated payments remaining for flight equipment purchase commitments are $143.83.86%, with principal and interest payable quarterly. We used $45.7 million of which $63.5the proceeds to repay a term loan in full and recognized a $0.7 million are expected to be made duringloss on early extinguishment of debt.In connection

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with entry into this financing, we paid usual and customary commitment and other fees.While the remainderfinancing involved a sale and leaseback of 2017.the aircraft, it did not qualify as a sale for accounting purposes.

10.9. Income Taxes

Our effective income tax expense rates were 72.7% and 230.8% for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.  Our effective income tax expense rates were 59.1% and 60.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.  The effective income tax expense rates were 23.2% and 23.1% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172022, respectively. The effective income tax rates were 23.4% and 23.5% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. These rates differed from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to nondeductible changes in the value of the Amazon Warrant liability (see Note 6 to our Financial Statements).  In addition, the effectivestate income taxes and certain expenses that are not deductible for tax expense rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 differed from the U.S. statutory rate due to the impact of the 2017 adoption of the amended accounting guidance for share-based compensation which requires that excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation be recognized within income tax expense in our consolidated statement of operations.  The effective income tax expense rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to nondeductible expenses resulting from a change in control, as defined under certain of the Company’s benefit plans, related to the Amazon transaction (see Note 6 to our Financial Statements). The effective rates for all periods were impacted by our assertion to indefinitely reinvest the net earnings of foreign subsidiaries outside the U.S.purposes. For interim accounting purposes, we recognize income taxes using an estimated annual effective tax rate.

11.10. Financial Instruments

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). Inputs used to measure fair value are classified in the following hierarchy:

Level 1

Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2

Other inputs that are observable directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, or inactive quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets;

Level 3

Unobservable inputs reflecting assumptions about the inputs used in pricing the asset or liability.

Level 1 Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2 Other inputs that are observable directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, or inactive quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets;

Level 3 Unobservable inputs reflecting assumptions about the inputs used in pricing the asset or liability.

We endeavor to utilize the best available information to measure fair value.

The carrying value of Cash and cash equivalents, Short-term investments and Restricted cash is based on cost, which approximates fair value.

Long-term investments consist of debt securities, maturing within five years, for which we have both the ability and the intent to hold until maturity.  These investments are classified as held-to-maturity and reported at amortized cost.  The fair value of our Long-term investments is based on a discounted cash flow analysis using the contractual cash flows of the investments and a discount rate derived from unadjusted quoted interest rates for debt securities of comparable risk.  Such debt securities represent investments in Pass-Through Trust Certificates (“PTCs”) related to enhanced equipment trust certificates (“EETCs”) issued by Atlas in 1998, 1999 and 2000.

Term loans and notes consist of term loans, notes guaranteed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States, (“Ex-Im Bank”),a promissory note issued to the RevolverU.S. Treasury and EETCs.other financings. The fair values of these debt instruments and the Revolver are based on a discounted cash flow analysis using current borrowing rates for instruments with similar terms.

The fair value of our convertible notes is based on unadjusted quoted market prices for these securities.

The fair value of the Amazon Warrant is based on a Monte Carlo simulation which requires inputs such as our common stock price, the warrant strike price, estimated common stock price volatility, and risk-free interest rate, among others.


The following table summarizes the carrying value, estimated fair value and classification of our financial instruments as of:

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Carrying Value

 

Fair Value

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

165,250

 

 

$

165,250

 

 

$

165,250

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

465,499

 

$

465,499

 

$

465,499

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

Short-term investments

 

 

10,676

 

 

 

10,676

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

10,676

 

Restricted cash

 

 

11,030

 

 

 

11,030

 

 

 

11,030

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

10,473

 

 

10,473

 

 

10,473

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

Long-term investments and accrued interest

 

 

19,234

 

 

 

22,442

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

22,442

 

 

$

206,190

 

 

$

209,398

 

 

$

176,280

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

33,118

 

 

$

475,972

 

$

475,972

 

$

475,972

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term loans and notes

 

$

1,674,311

 

 

$

1,747,582

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,747,582

 

 

$

1,604,571

 

$

1,506,818

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

1,506,818

 

Convertible notes

 

 

399,377

 

 

 

632,740

 

 

 

632,740

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Amazon Warrant

 

 

132,000

 

 

 

132,000

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

132,000

 

 

 

-

 

Convertible notes (1)

 

 

287,157

 

456,503

 

456,503

 

-

 

-

 

 

$

2,205,688

 

 

$

2,512,322

 

 

$

632,740

 

 

$

132,000

 

 

$

1,747,582

 

 

$

1,891,728

 

$

1,963,321

 

$

456,503

 

$

-

 

$

1,506,818

 

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

Carrying Value

 

Fair Value

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

910,965

 

$

910,965

 

$

910,965

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

Restricted cash

 

 

10,052

 

 

10,052

 

 

10,052

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

$

921,017

 

$

921,017

 

$

921,017

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term loans and notes

 

$

1,638,311

 

$

1,690,675

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

1,690,675

 

Convertible notes (2)

 

 

479,573

 

 

758,424

 

 

758,424

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

$

2,117,884

 

$

2,449,099

 

$

758,424

 

$

-

 

$

1,690,675

 

(1) Carrying value is net of debt issuance costs (see Note 8).

(2) Carrying value is net of debt discounts and debt issuance costs (see Note 8).

 

15


 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

123,890

 

 

$

123,890

 

 

$

123,890

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

Short-term investments

 

 

4,313

 

 

 

4,313

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,313

 

Restricted cash

 

 

14,360

 

 

 

14,360

 

 

 

14,360

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Long-term investments and accrued interest

 

 

27,951

 

 

 

33,161

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

33,161

 

 

 

$

170,514

 

 

$

175,724

 

 

$

138,250

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

37,474

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term loans and notes

 

$

1,674,013

 

 

$

1,739,744

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,739,744

 

Convertible notes

 

 

177,398

 

 

 

228,429

 

 

 

228,429

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Amazon Warrant

 

 

95,775

 

 

 

95,775

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

95,775

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

$

1,947,186

 

 

$

2,063,948

 

 

$

228,429

 

 

$

95,775

 

 

$

1,739,744

 

Gross unrealized gains on our long-term investments and accrued interest were $3.2 million at September 30, 2017 and $5.2 million at December 31, 2016.

12.11. Segment Reporting

Our business is organized into threeWe have the following two operating segments based on our service offerings: ACMI, Charterand reportable segments: Airline Operations and Dry Leasing.  All segmentsLeasing, both of which are directly or indirectly engaged in the business of air transportation services but have different commercial and economic characteristics. Each operating segment is separately reviewed by our chief operating decision maker to assess operating results and make resource allocation decisions. We do not aggregate our operating segments and, therefore, our operating segments are our reportable segments.

We use an economic performance metric (“called Direct Contribution”) thatContribution, which shows the profitability of each segment after allocation of direct operating and ownership costs.segment. Direct Contribution representsincludes Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes excludingand excludes the following: Special charges, Transaction-related expenses, nonrecurring items, Losses (gains)Gain on the disposal of aircraft,flight equipment, Losses on early extinguishment of debt, Unrealized losses (gains)loss on financial instruments Gains on investments and Unallocated income and expenses, net. Direct operating and ownership costs include crew costs, maintenance, fuel, ground operations, sales costs, aircraft rent, interest expense on the portion of debt used for financing aircraft, interest income on debt securities and aircraft depreciation. Unallocated income and expenses, net include corporate overhead, nonaircraft depreciation, noncash expenses and income, interest expense on the portion of debt used for general corporate purposes, interest income on nondebt securities, capitalized interest, foreign exchange gains and losses, other revenue, and other non-operating costs.costs and CARES Act grant income.


The following table sets forth Operating Revenue and Direct Contribution for our reportable segments reconciled to Operating Income and Income from continuing operations before income taxes:

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

Operating Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airline Operations

 

$

1,086,998

 

 

$

980,714

 

 

$

3,225,084

 

 

$

2,762,815

 

 

Dry Leasing

 

 

41,779

 

 

 

40,926

 

 

 

129,263

 

 

 

121,694

 

 

Customer incentive asset amortization

 

 

(9,474

)

 

 

(11,332

)

 

 

(29,389

)

 

 

(33,256

)

 

Other

 

 

5,251

 

 

 

5,792

 

 

 

16,723

 

 

 

16,579

 

 

Total Operating Revenue

 

$

1,124,554

 

 

$

1,016,100

 

 

$

3,341,681

 

 

$

2,867,832

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct Contribution:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airline Operations

 

$

169,065

 

 

$

265,260

 

 

$

551,214

 

 

$

666,203

 

 

Dry Leasing

 

 

13,331

 

 

 

10,435

 

 

 

42,887

 

 

 

31,765

 

 

Total Direct Contribution for Reportable Segments

 

 

182,396

 

 

 

275,695

 

 

 

594,101

 

 

 

697,968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated income and (expenses), net

 

 

(90,983

)

 

 

(120,219

)

 

 

(285,084

)

 

 

(284,218

)

 

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(689

)

 

 

-

 

 

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(113

)

 

Special charge

 

 

(6,299

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(8,932

)

 

 

-

 

 

Transaction-related expenses

 

 

(6,889

)

 

 

(168

)

 

 

(6,889

)

 

 

(486

)

 

Gain on disposal of flight equipment

 

 

-

 

 

 

810

 

 

 

6,221

 

 

 

794

 

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

78,225

 

 

 

156,118

 

 

 

298,728

 

 

 

413,945

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add back (subtract):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

(2,426

)

 

 

(159

)

 

 

(3,539

)

 

 

(559

)

 

Interest expense

 

 

19,177

 

 

 

27,173

 

 

 

59,524

 

 

 

81,345

 

 

Capitalized interest

 

 

(3,080

)

 

 

(2,335

)

 

 

(10,183

)

 

 

(5,456

)

 

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

689

 

 

 

-

 

 

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

113

 

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

(138

)

 

 

3,136

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

(41,174

)

 

Operating Income

 

$

91,758

 

 

$

183,933

 

 

$

345,300

 

 

$

448,214

 

 

The following table disaggregates our Airline Operations segment revenue by customer and service type:

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

Operating Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACMI

 

$

258,109

 

 

$

206,310

 

 

$

687,982

 

 

$

600,772

 

Charter

 

 

243,583

 

 

 

212,040

 

 

 

743,302

 

 

 

616,794

 

Dry Leasing

 

 

30,804

 

 

 

25,907

 

 

 

86,120

 

 

 

79,165

 

Customer incentive asset amortization

 

 

(1,531

)

 

 

(174

)

 

 

(2,873

)

 

 

(174

)

Other

 

 

4,783

 

 

 

3,932

 

 

 

13,977

 

 

 

13,345

 

Total Operating Revenue

 

$

535,748

 

 

$

448,015

 

 

$

1,528,508

 

 

$

1,309,902

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

Cargo

 

 

Passenger

 

 

Total

 

 

Cargo

 

 

Passenger

 

 

Total

 

 

Commercial customers

 

$

909,267

 

 

$

10,081

 

 

$

919,348

 

 

$

847,643

 

 

$

8,835

 

 

$

856,478

 

 

AMC

 

 

115,488

 

 

 

52,162

 

 

 

167,650

 

 

 

29,874

 

 

 

94,362

 

 

 

124,236

 

 

Total Airline Operations Revenue

 

$

1,024,755

 

 

$

62,243

 

 

$

1,086,998

 

 

$

877,517

 

 

$

103,197

 

 

$

980,714

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

Cargo

 

 

Passenger

 

 

Total

 

 

Cargo

 

 

Passenger

 

 

Total

 

 

Commercial customers

 

$

2,801,717

 

 

$

12,128

 

 

$

2,813,845

 

 

$

2,380,029

 

 

$

11,714

 

 

$

2,391,743

 

 

AMC

 

 

230,409

 

 

 

180,830

 

 

 

411,239

 

 

 

124,258

 

 

 

246,814

 

 

 

371,072

 

 

Airline Operations Revenue

 

$

3,032,126

 

 

$

192,958

 

 

$

3,225,084

 

 

$

2,504,287

 

 

$

258,528

 

 

$

2,762,815

 

 

16


Direct Contribution:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACMI

 

$

51,647

 

 

$

51,607

 

 

$

141,134

 

 

$

121,837

 

Charter

 

 

34,808

 

 

 

32,948

 

 

 

88,877

 

 

 

78,580

 

Dry Leasing

 

 

10,245

 

 

 

7,413

 

 

 

29,629

 

 

 

24,699

 

Total Direct Contribution for Reportable Segments

 

 

96,700

 

 

 

91,968

 

 

 

259,640

 

 

 

225,116

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated income and expenses, net

 

 

(64,463

)

 

 

(80,876

)

 

 

(183,418

)

 

 

(186,923

)

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

(167

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(167

)

 

 

(132

)

Unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments

 

 

(44,775

)

 

 

(1,462

)

 

 

(36,225

)

 

 

25,013

 

Special charge

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(6,631

)

Transaction-related expenses

 

 

(1,092

)

 

 

(3,905

)

 

 

(3,403

)

 

 

(21,486

)

Loss (gain) on disposal of aircraft

 

 

(211

)

 

 

11

 

 

 

(64

)

 

 

11

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

 

 

(14,008

)

 

 

5,736

 

 

 

36,363

 

 

 

34,968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add back (subtract):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

(1,688

)

 

 

(1,316

)

 

 

(4,286

)

 

 

(4,325

)

Interest expense

 

 

26,553

 

 

 

21,355

 

 

 

72,747

 

 

 

63,595

 

Capitalized interest

 

 

(1,922

)

 

 

(1,059

)

 

 

(5,633

)

 

 

(2,106

)

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

167

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

167

 

 

 

132

 

Unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments

 

 

44,775

 

 

 

1,462

 

 

 

36,225

 

 

 

(25,013

)

Other income

 

 

(1,165

)

 

 

(180

)

 

 

(357

)

 

 

(372

)

Operating Income

 

$

52,712

 

 

$

25,998

 

 

$

135,226

 

 

$

66,879

 

Given the nature of our business and international flying, geographic information for revenue, long-lived assets and total assets is not presented because it is impracticable to do so.

We are exposed to a concentration of revenue from the U.S. Military Air Mobility Command (the “AMC”(“AMC”), Polar and DHL (see above for the AMC and Note 34 for further discussion regarding Polar). No other customer accounted for more than 10.0% of our Total Operating Revenue. Revenue from the AMCDHL was $124.9$131.3 million and $408.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and $116.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  Revenue from the AMC was $397.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022, respectively. Revenue from DHL was $159.1 million and $346.8$487.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.  Revenue from DHL was $62.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and $57.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  Revenue from DHL was $177.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and $128.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2021, respectively. We have not experienced any credit issues with either of these customers.

13.12. Labor and Legal Proceedings

LaborCollective Bargaining Agreements

Pilots of Atlas and Southern Air, and flight dispatchers of Atlas and Polar are represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (the “IBT”). We haveIn March 2022, we signed a new five-year collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) with our Atlas pilots, which became amendable ineffective as of September 2016 and2021. This long-term CBA was reached through a four-year CBAbinding arbitration process, with the Southern Airarbitrator’s decision being issued on September 10, 2021. The Parties reached agreement on certain enhancements to the CBA in February 2022, which were incorporated into the CBA. The new pay rates became effective as of September 1, 2021, and we have continued to work closely together with the union’s new leadership on the final implementation of certain remaining provisions of the CBA. Under this industry competitive agreement, all of our pilots which became amendable in November 2016. are receiving significantly higher pay, quality of life improvements and enhanced benefits.

We also havehad a five-year CBA with our Atlas and Polar dispatchers, which was extended in April 2017 for an additional four years, making the CBAbecame amendable in November 2021.


After we completed the acquisition of Southern Air in April 2016, we informed the IBT of our intention to pursue (and we have been pursuing) a complete operational merger of Atlas and Southern Air.  Pursuant to the merger provisions in both the Atlas and Southern Air CBAs, joint negotiations for a single CBA for Atlas and Southern Air should commence promptly.  Further to this process, once a seniority list is presented to us by the unions, it triggers an agreed-upon time frame to negotiate a new joint CBA with any unresolved issues submitted to binding arbitration.  After the merger process began, the IBT filed an application for mediation with the National Mediation Board (“NMB”) on behalf of the Atlas pilots, and subsequently the IBT filed a similar application on behalf of Southern Air pilots.  We have opposed both mediation applications as they are not in accordance with the merger provisions in the parties’ existing CBAs.  The Atlas and Southern Air CBAs have a defined and streamlined process for negotiating a joint CBA when a merger occurs, as in the case with the Atlas and Southern Air merger.  The NMB conducted a pre-mediation investigation on the IBT’s Atlas application in June 2016, which is currently pending (along with the IBT’s Southern Air application).  Due to a lack of meaningful progress in such merger discussions, in February 2017, we filed a lawsuit against the IBT to compel arbitration on the issue of whether the merger provisions in Atlas and Southern Air's CBAs apply to the bargaining process. While this lawsuit is pending in the Southern District Court of New York, Shortly thereafter, the Company and the IBT havecommenced collective bargaining for a new CBA pursuant to Section 6 of the Railway Labor Act. The parties reached an interim agreement on a process to proceed with negotiations fornew CBA, which was ratified by the dispatchers in August 2022. The new CBA, which became effective as of September 1, 2022, has a new joint CBA.  These negotiations commenced on July 6, 2017 and the parties have continued to meet regularly since then and bargain for a new joint CBA.five-year duration.

In September 2017, the Company requested the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the “Court”) to issue a preliminary injunction to require the IBT to meet its obligations under the Railway Labor Act and stop the illegal intentional work slowdowns and service interruptions.  In its filing, the Company states that the IBT is engaging in unlawful, concerted work slowdowns to gain leverage in pilot contract negotiations with the Company.  The Company seeks to have the Court compel the IBT to stop the illegal work actions and return to normal operations. The hearing was completed in early November and a ruling on the preliminary injunction is expected during the fourth quarter of 2017.

We are subject to risks of work interruption or stoppage as permitted by the Railway Labor Act and may incur additional administrative expenses associated with union representation of our employees.

Matters Related to Alleged Pricing PracticesProposed Merger

The CompanyBetween October 7, 2022, and Polar Air Cargo, LLC (“Old Polar”), a consolidated subsidiary,November 2, 2022, five complaints were named defendants, along with a number of other cargo carriers, in several class actionsfiled in the U.S. arising from allegations about the pricing practices of Old Polar and a number of air cargo carriers.  These actions were all centralized in the U.S.United States District Court for the EasternSouthern District of New York.  PolarYork in connection with the proposed Merger. On October 7, 2022, a complaint, captioned Stein v. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-08555 (the “Stein complaint”), was later joinedfiled in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by plaintiff Shiva Stein, a purported Company stockholder; on October 14, 2022, a complaint, captioned Okin v. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-08778, was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by plaintiff Alexander Okin, a purported Company stockholder; on October 24, 2022, a complaint, captioned Halberstam v. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-09108 (the “M. Halberstam complaint”), was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by plaintiff Meyer Halberstam, a purported Company stockholder; and on November 2, 2022, two complaints, captioned Sabatini v. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., et al., Case No. 7-22-cv-09389 and Halberstam v. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., et al., Case No. 7:22-cv-09408 (the “B. Halberstam complaint”), were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by plaintiffs Eric Sabatini and Benjamin Halberstam, respectively, each a purported Company stockholder, in each case naming as an additional defendant.defendants the Company and members of the board of directors (the "Board"). The consolidated complaint alleged,complaints allege, among other things, that the defendants caused to be filed a materially incomplete and misleading preliminary proxy statement and/or definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A with the SEC relating to the proposed Merger in violation of Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder.

Among other remedies, the complaints seek an order enjoining the defendants from proceeding with the proposed Merger unless and until the defendants disclose certain allegedly material information that was allegedly omitted from the preliminary proxy statement and/or definitive proxy statement, rescinding the Merger Agreement or any of the terms thereof to the extent already implemented or granting rescissory damages, awarding the plaintiff the costs and disbursements of the action, including reasonable attorneys’ and expert fees and expenses, and granting such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper. The Stein complaint additionally seeks an order directing the defendants to account to the plaintiff for all damages suffered as a result of the alleged wrongdoing, and the M. Halberstam complaint and the B. Halberstam complaint each additionally seek a declaration that the defendants violated Sections 14(a) and/or 20(a) of the Exchange Act, as well as SEC Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder.

On October 18, 2022, October 24, 2022, and October 25, 2022, the Company also received demand letters from purported Company stockholders alleging disclosure deficiencies in the preliminary proxy statement and/or definitive proxy statement and demanding that the Company and Old Polar, manipulated the market price for air cargo services sold domestically and abroad throughBoard promptly issue corrective disclosures to cure the use of surcharges, in violation of U.S., state, and European Union antitrust laws.  The suit sought treble damages and attorneys’ fees.proxy statement prior to the anticipated stockholder vote on the proposed Merger.

On January 7, 2016, the Company, Old Polar, and Polar entered into a settlement agreement to settle all claims by participating class members against the Company, Old Polar and Polar. 17


The Company Polar, and Old Polar denyhas not yet formally responded to the complaints or to the demands, but believes that the allegations contained therein are without merit. We do not at this time consider there to be any wrongdoing,reasonably possible material loss arising from the complaints. However, litigation is inherently uncertain and there iscan be no admissionassurance regarding the likelihood that the Company’s defense of any wrongdoingthe actions will be successful. Additional lawsuits arising out of the proposed Merger may also be filed in the settlement agreement.  Pursuantfuture.

Matters Related to the settlement agreement, the Company, Old Polar and Polar have agreed to make installment payments over three years to settle the plaintiffs’ claims, with payments of $35.0 million paid in January 2016 and 2017, and $30.0 million due on or before January 15, 2018.  The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued an order granting preliminary approval of the settlement on January 12, 2016.  On October 6, 2016, the final judgment was issued and the settlement was approved.Alleged Pricing Practices

In the United Kingdom, several groups of named claimants have brought suit against British Airways in connection with the same alleged pricing practices at issue in the proceedings described above and are seeking damages allegedly arising from that conduct.  British Airways has filed claims in the lawsuit against Old Polar and a number of air cargo carriers for contribution should British Airways be found liable to claimants.  Old Polar’s formal statement of defense was filed on March 2, 2015.  On October 14, 2015, the U.K. Court of Appeal released decisions favorable to the defendant and contributory defendants on two matters under appeal.  Permission was sought to appeal the U.K. Court of Appeal's decisions to the U.K. Supreme Court.  Permission was denied.  In December 2015, certain claimants settled with British Airways removing a significant portion of the claim against British Airways and therefore reducing the potential contribution required by the other airlines, including Old Polar.  On December 16, 2015, the European General Court released decisions annulling decisions that the European Commission made against the majority of the air cargo carriers.  The European Commission did not appeal the General Court decision but has, in early 2017, reissued a revised decision to which Old Polar is, again, not an addressee.  On April 13, 2017, Old Polar and claimants represented by Hausfeld & Co. LLP (the “Hausfeld Claimants”) entered into a bilateral settlement agreement in relation to the English proceedings (the “Settlement Agreement”).  The Settlement Agreement contains a mechanism by which the Hausfeld Claimants will release Old Polar and remove from the English proceedings all claims for damages alleged by the Hausfeld Claimants to be attributable to air cargo purchases from Old Polar (and each of Old Polar’s parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors, agents and assignees).  The amount of the settlement, which is tax deductible and was previously accrued for, was paid during the second quarter of 2017 and did not have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition,


results of operations or cash flows.Old Polar remains a contributory defendant in the proceedings and, as such, is subject to certain continuing evidentiary obligations.

In the Netherlands, Stichting Cartel Compensation, successor in interest to claims of various shippers, has filed suit in the district court in Amsterdam against British Airways, KLM, Martinair, Air France, Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines seeking recovery for damages purportedly arising from the sameallegedly unlawful pricing practices at issue in the proceedings described above.of such defendants. In response, British Airways, KLM, Martinair, Air France and Lufthansa filed third-party indemnification lawsuits against Polar Air Cargo, LLC (“Old PolarPolar”), a consolidated subsidiary of the Company, and Polar, seeking indemnification in the event the defendants are found to be liable in the main proceedings. Old Polar and Polar entered their initial court appearancesAnother defendant, Thai Airways, filed a similar indemnification claim. Activities in the case have focused on September 30, 2015.  Variousvarious procedural issues and rulings, some of which are undergoingawaiting court review.  Likedecisions on appeal. The ultimate outcome of the U.K. proceedings, the Netherlands proceedings arelawsuit is likely to be affected by a decision readopted by the European Commission’s revised decision.  We are unable to reasonably predict the outcome of the litigation.Commission in March 2017, finding EU competition law violations by British Airways, KLM, Martinair, Air France and Lufthansa, among others, but not Old Polar or Polar. If the Company, Old Polar or Polar were to incur an unfavorable outcome, in connection with this proceeding, such outcome may have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. We are unable to reasonably estimate a range of possible loss for this matter at this time.

Brazilian Customs Claim

Old Polar was cited for twoan alleged customs violationsviolation in Sao Paulo, Brazil, relating to shipments of goods dating back to 1999 and 2000.  Each claim assertsasserting that goods listed on the flight manifest of two separatean Old Polar scheduled service flightsflight were not on board the aircraftproperly presented to customs upon arrival and therefore were improperly brought into Brazil. The two claims,claim, which also seekseeks unpaid customs duties, taxes and penalties from the date of the alleged infraction, areis approximately $9.6$1.8 million in aggregate based on September 30, 20172022 exchange rates.

In both cases,Old Polar has presented evidence that certain of the alleged missing goods were in fact never onboard the aircraft (due to a change in plans by the relevant shipper) and thus no customs duties should be due. Further, we believe that the amounts claimed are substantially overstated due to a calculation error when considering the type and amount of goods allegedly missing, among other things. Furthermore, we may seek appropriate indemnity from the shipper in each claim as may be feasible.  In the pending claim for one of the cases, we have received an administrative decision dismissing the claim in its entirety, which remains subject to a mandatory appeal by the Brazil customs authorities.  As required to defend such claims,this claim, we have made deposits pending resolution of these matters.the matter. The balance was $5.3$3.6 million as of September 30, 20172022 and $3.2 million as of December 31, 2016,2021, and is included in Deferred costs and other assets.

We are currently defending thesethis and other Brazilian customs claims and the ultimate disposition of these claims, either individually or in the aggregate, is not expected to materially affect our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

AccrualsOther

As of September 30, 2017, the Company had an accrual of $30.0 million relatedIn addition to the U.S. class action settlement that was recognizedmatters described in 2015.

Other

Wethis note, we have certain other litigation contingencies incident to the ordinary course of business. Management believesUnless disclosed otherwise, management does not expect that the ultimate disposition of such other contingencies is not expected toor matters will materially affect our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

13. Stock Repurchases

We record the repurchase of our shares of common stock at cost based on the settlement date of the transaction. These shares are classified as treasury stock, which is a reduction to stockholders’ equity. Treasury shares are included in authorized and issued shares but excluded from outstanding shares.

In February 2022, our board of directors approved the establishment of a new stock repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to a total of $200.0 million of our common stock.Purchases may be made at management's discretion in the form of accelerated share repurchase programs, open market repurchase programs, privately negotiated transactions or a combination of these methods. In connection with the proposed Merger (see Note 2 for further discussion), we have suspended the stock repurchase program.

In February 2022, we paid $100.0 million and received an initial delivery of 1,061,257 shares pursuant to an accelerated share repurchase program agreement with a financial institution for the repurchase of our common stock (the “ASR”). We accounted for this ASR as a repurchase of common stock and as a forward contract indexed to our own common stock. We determined that the forward contract met all of the applicable criteria for equity classification and, therefore, this ASR was not accounted for as a derivative instrument.

In April 2022, the ASR was settled and we received an additional 172,887 shares of common stock. In the aggregate, we repurchased 1,234,144 shares for $100.0 million at an average cost of $81.03 per share under this ASR. The total number of shares of

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common stock repurchased by us was based on the volume-weighted average price of the common stock during the term of the ASR Agreement, less a pre-determined discount.

14. Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) represents income (loss) divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the measurement period. Diluted EPS represents income (loss) divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the measurement period while also giving effect to all potentially dilutive common shares that were outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method.  Anti-dilutiveperiod.

The calculations of basic and diluted EPS were as follows:

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

Numerator:

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

Net Income

 

$

60,100

 

 

$

119,535

 

 

$

229,869

 

 

$

316,578

 

 

Plus: Interest expense on convertible notes, net of tax

 

 

1,040

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,129

 

 

 

-

 

 

         Unrealized loss on financial instruments, net of tax

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

112

 

 

Diluted net income

 

$

61,140

 

 

$

119,535

 

 

$

232,998

 

 

$

316,690

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

28,326

 

 

 

29,023

 

 

 

28,472

 

 

 

28,844

 

 

Effect of dilutive:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convertible notes

 

 

4,731

 

 

 

717

 

 

 

4,831

 

 

 

442

 

 

Warrants

 

 

812

 

 

 

584

 

 

 

670

 

 

 

611

 

 

Restricted stock

 

 

197

 

 

 

223

 

 

 

170

 

 

 

220

 

 

Diluted EPS weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

34,066

 

 

 

30,547

 

 

 

34,143

 

 

 

30,117

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

2.12

 

 

$

4.12

 

 

$

8.07

 

 

$

10.98

 

 

Diluted

 

$

1.79

 

 

$

3.91

 

 

$

6.82

 

 

$

10.52

 

 

Antidilutive shares related to warrants and stock optionsissued in connection with our convertible notes or to customers that were out of the money and excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS were zero for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, and 3.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.  Anti-dilutive2021. Diluted shares related toreflect the potential dilution that could occur from restricted share units and warrants that were excluded fromshares using the calculation of diluted EPS due to losses incurred were 2.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and were 0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.


The calculations of basic and diluted EPS were as follows:

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

Numerator:

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

$

(24,195

)

 

$

(7,501

)

 

$

14,884

 

 

$

13,889

 

Less: Unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments, net of tax

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(26,109

)

Diluted income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax

 

$

(24,195

)

 

$

(7,501

)

 

$

14,884

 

 

$

(12,220

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

25,262

 

 

 

24,840

 

 

 

25,229

 

 

 

24,788

 

Effect of dilutive warrant

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

141

 

Effect of dilutive convertible notes

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

-

 

Effect of dilutive stock options and restricted stock

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

557

 

 

 

187

 

Diluted EPS weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

25,262

 

 

 

24,840

 

 

 

25,822

 

 

 

25,116

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.96

)

 

$

(0.30

)

 

$

0.59

 

 

$

0.56

 

Diluted

 

$

(0.96

)

 

$

(0.30

)

 

$

0.58

 

 

$

(0.49

)

Earnings (loss) per share from discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

0.00

 

 

$

(0.02

)

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.03

)

Diluted

 

$

0.00

 

 

$

(0.02

)

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.03

)

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.96

)

 

$

(0.32

)

 

$

0.56

 

 

$

0.53

 

Diluted

 

$

(0.96

)

 

$

(0.32

)

 

$

0.54

 

 

$

(0.52

)

treasury stock method. The calculation of EPS does not include restricted share units and customer warrants in which performance or market conditions were not satisfied of 7.69.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 7.59.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.2021.

15. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table summarizes the components of Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):income:

 

 

Interest Rate

 

 

Foreign Currency

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

 

 

Translation

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

Foreign

 

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2015

 

$

(6,072

)

 

$

9

 

 

$

(6,063

)

 

Interest Rate

 

Currency

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

 

 

Translation

 

 

Total

 

Balance as of December 31, 2020

 

$

(1,913

)

 

$

9

 

 

$

(1,904

)

Reclassification to interest expense

 

 

1,334

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,334

 

 

 

774

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

774

 

Tax effect

 

 

(517

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(517

)

 

 

(184

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(184

)

Balance as of September 30, 2016

 

$

(5,255

)

 

$

9

 

 

$

(5,246

)

Balance as of September 30, 2021

 

$

(1,323

)

 

$

9

 

 

$

(1,314

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2016

 

$

(5,002

)

 

$

9

 

 

$

(4,993

)

Balance as of December 31, 2021

 

$

(520

)

 

$

9

 

 

$

(511

)

Reclassification to interest expense

 

 

1,216

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,216

 

 

 

106

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

106

 

Reclassification to loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

639

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

639

 

Tax effect

 

 

(472

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(472

)

 

 

(175

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(175

)

Balance as of September 30, 2017

 

$

(4,258

)

 

$

9

 

 

$

(4,249

)

Balance as of September 30, 2022

 

$

50

 

 

$

9

 

 

$

59

 

 

Interest Rate Derivatives19


As of September 30, 2017, there was $6.9 million of unamortized net realized loss before taxes remaining in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to terminated forward-starting interest rate swaps, which had been designated as cash flow hedges to effectively fix the interest rates on two 747-8F financings in 2011 and three 777-200LRF financings in 2014.  The net loss is amortized and reclassified into Interest expense over the remaining life of the related debt.  Net realized losses reclassified into earnings were $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.  Net realized losses reclassified


into earnings were $1.2 million and $1.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.  Net realized losses expected to be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months are $1.5 million as of September 30, 2017.


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Financial Statements appearing in this report and our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our 20162021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Background

Certain Terms - Glossary

The following represents terms and statistics specific to our business and industry. They are used by management to evaluate and measure operations, results, productivity and efficiency.

 

Block HourACMI

 

Service offering, whereby we provide outsourced cargo and passenger aircraft operating solutions, including the provision of an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance, while customers assume fuel, demand and price risk. In addition, customers are generally responsible for landing, navigation and most other operational fees and costs.

Block Hour

The time interval between when an aircraft departs the terminal until it arrives at the destination terminal.

 

 

 

C Check

 

High-level or “heavy”“Heavy” airframe maintenance checks, which are more intensive in scope than Line Maintenance and are generally performed between 18 and 24 months depending on aircraft type.

 

 

 

D CheckCharter

 

High-level or “heavy”Service offering, whereby we provide cargo and passenger aircraft charter services to customers. The customer generally pays a fixed charter fee that includes fuel, insurance, landing fees, navigation fees and most other operational fees and costs.

CMI

Service offering, whereby we provide outsourced cargo and passenger aircraft operating solutions, generally including the provision of crew, Line Maintenance and insurance, but not the aircraft. Customers assume fuel, demand and price risk, and are responsible for providing the aircraft (which they may lease from us) and generally responsible for Heavy and Non-Heavy Maintenance, landing, navigation and most other operational fees and costs.

D Check

“Heavy” airframe maintenance checks, which are the most extensive in scope and are generally performed every six andor eight years depending on aircraft type.

 

 

 

Heavy MaintenanceDry Leasing

 

Service offering, whereby we provide cargo and passenger aircraft and engine leasing solutions for compensation that is typically based on a fixed monthly amount. The customer operates, and is generally responsible for insuring and maintaining, the flight equipment.

Heavy Maintenance

Scheduled maintenance activities whichthat are the most extensive in scope and are primarily based on time or usage intervals, which include, but are not limited to, C Checks, D Checks and engine overhauls. In addition, unscheduled engine repairs involving the removal of the engine from the aircraft are considered to be Heavy Maintenance.

 

 

 

Line Maintenance

 

Maintenance events occurring during normal day-to-day operations.

 

 

 

Non-heavy

Maintenance

 

Discrete maintenance activities for the overhaul and repair of specific aircraft components, including landing gear, auxiliary power units and engine thrust reversers.

 

 

 

YieldUtilization

 

The average number of Block Hours operated per day per aircraft.

Yield

The average amount a customer pays to fly one tonne of cargo one mile.

 

Business Overview

We are a leading global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services. We operate the world’s largest fleet of 747 freighters and provide customers a broad array of 747, 777, 767 757 and 737 aircraft for domestic, regional and international cargo and passenger applications.operations. We provide unique value to our customers by giving them access to highly reliable newmodern production freighters that deliver the lowest unit cost in the marketplace combined with outsourced aircraft operating services that we believe lead the industry in terms of quality and global scale. Our customers include express delivery providers, e-commerce retailers, airlines, freight forwarders, the U.S. military, charter brokers, freight forwarders, direct shippers, airlines, manufacturers, sports teams and fans, and private charter brokers.customers. We provide global services with operations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America.

Our primary service offerings include the following:20


ACMI, whereby we provide outsourced cargo and passenger aircraft operating solutions, including the provision of an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance, while customers assume fuel, demand and price risk.  In addition, customers are responsible for landing, navigation and most other operational fees and costs;

CMI, which is part of our ACMI business segment, whereby we provide outsourced cargo and passenger aircraft operating solutions, generally including the provision of crew, Line Maintenance and insurance, but not the aircraft.  Customers assume fuel, demand and price risk, and are responsible for providing the aircraft (which they may lease from us) and for Heavy and Non-Heavy Maintenance, landing, navigation and most other operational fees and costs;

Charter, whereby we provide cargo and passenger aircraft charter services to customers, including the AMC, brokers, freight forwarders, direct shippers, airlines, sports teams and fans, and private charter customers.  The customer pays a fixed charter fee that includes fuel, insurance, landing fees, navigation fees and most other operational fees and costs; and

Dry Leasing, whereby we provide cargo and passenger aircraft and engine leasing solutions.  The customer operates, and is responsible for insuring and maintaining, the flight equipment.


We look to achieve our growth plans and enhance shareholder value by:

Delivering superior service quality to our valued customers;

Focusing on securing attractive long-term customer contracts;

Aggressively managingManaging our fleet with a focus on leading-edge aircraft;

Leveraging our flexible business model to maximize utilization;

Driving significant and ongoing productivity improvements;

Selectively pursuing and evaluating future acquisitions and alliances; while

Appropriately managing capital allocation.

allocation and delivering value to shareholders.

See “Business Overview” and “Business Strategy” in our 20162021 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

Merger Agreement

On August 4, 2022, we entered into a Merger Agreement with Parent and MergerCo, pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, MergerCo will be merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Consummation of the Merger is subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders and other customary closing conditions. Upon completion of the Merger, AAWW will become a privately held company and shares of AAWW common stock will no longer be listed or publicly traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market (see Note 2 to our Financial Statements for further discussion). The Company has incurred and will incur certain costs relating to the proposed Merger, such as financial advisory, legal, accounting and other professional services fees.

Business Developments

Our ACMIAirline Operations results for the first three quarters of 2017,2022, compared with 2016,2021, reflected higher Yields, net of fuel. These were more than offset by increased pilot costs related to our new CBA, higher overtime pay driven by an increase in COVID-19 cases and higher premium pay for pilots operating in certain areas significantly impacted by the following events:

COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2016, we began CMI flying for DHL a 767-300 freighter aircraft, Dry Leased from Titan, in DHL’s North American network,increasing the number of 767 freighter aircraft in CMI service for DHL to thirteen.

In April 2016, we acquired Southern Air, which currently operates five 777-200LRF and five 737-400F aircraft under CMI agreements for DHL.

Between August 2016 and August 2017, we began CMI flying for Amazon the first seven of 20 Boeing 767-300 freighter aircraft Dry Leased from Titan.  In October 2017, we began flying three additional aircraft and we expect to be operating all 20 before the end of 2018.

During the first quarter of 2017, we began flying a 747-400 freighter for Nippon Cargo Airlines on transpacific routes. In September 2017, we began flying a second 747-400 freighter for them on transpacific routes.

During the first quarter of 2017, we began flying a 747-400 freighter for Asiana Cargo on transpacific routes.

During the second quarter of 2017, we began ACMI flying two 747-8F aircraft for Cathay Pacific Cargo to supplement capacity on its existing route network.

During the second quarter of 2017, we began ACMI flying a 747-400 freighter for Suparna Airlines, formerly known as Yangtze River Airlines, on transpacific routes.

During the third quarter of 2017, we entered into an ACMI agreement with Hong Kong Air Cargo to operate three 747-400 freighter aircraft.  We began flying the first aircraft in September 2017 on transpacific routes.  The other two aircraft are expected to be placed in service during 2018.

In September 2017, we began ACMI flying a 747-400 freighter for DHL Global Forwarding on routes between the United States, Europe, and Asia.  

During the third quarter of 2017, both ACMI and Charter segmentaddition, our results were negatively impacted by Hurricanes Irmalower aircraft utilization and Harveyhigher crew travel costs driven by operational disruptions related to the increase in COVID-19 cases from late June through August and work slowdownsthe effects of Hurricane Ian, as well as higher commercial passenger airfare rates. The higher Yields include the impact of expanding and service interruptions for which the Company is seeking a preliminary injunction (See Note 13 toenhancing our Financial Statements).

Charter resultsrelationships with strategic customers through new and extended long-term contracts driven by strong customer demand and increased cargo flying for the AMC. The increase in COVID-19 cases and effect of Hurricane Ian negatively impacted our crew availability and our ability to position them due to widespread and well-publicized cancellations of commercial passenger flights. We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and taking numerous precautions to ensure the safety of our operations around the world and mitigate the impact of any disruptions, including continuously adjusting routes to limit exposure to regions significantly impacted.

We manage our fleet to profitably serve our customers with modern, efficient aircraft and have entered into the following transactions to secure capacity to meet strong customer demand.

In January 2021, we signed an agreement with Boeing for the purchase of four new 747-8F aircraft. The first three quarterstwo of 2017 also reflected increased commercial cargo demand, increased cargothese aircraft were delivered in May and passenger demand from the AMC, higher commercial cargo YieldsOctober of 2022 and the temporary redeployment of 747-8F aircraft from the ACMI segment, partially offset by lower cargo and passenger rates from the AMC.

During the third quarter of 2017, we entered intoremaining two operating leases for 747-400 freighter aircraft to meet increased customer demand in our ACMI and Charter businesses.  One aircraft entered service in late September and the other isare expected to enter servicebe delivered during the fourth quarter of 2017.

In February 2016,2022 and first quarter of 2023. All four of these aircraft have been placed with customers under long-term agreements.

Between May and October 2021, we began Dry Leasing one 767-300 convertedacquired six of our existing 747-400 freighter aircraft that were previously on lease to DHL onus. In May and June of 2021, we reached agreement with several of our lessors to purchase five of our other 747-400 freighters at the end of their existing lease terms, three of which were acquired between March and August 2022. The acquisition of the remaining two aircraft will be completed by December 2022.
In December 2021, we signed an agreement with Boeing for the purchase of four new 777-200LRF aircraft. The first of these aircraft is expected to be delivered late in the fourth quarter of 2022 and the remaining three throughout 2023. All four of these aircraft have been placed with a customer under a long-term basis.  As described above, between August 2016agreement.

We continually assess our aircraft requirements and August 2017,will make adjustments to our capacity as necessary. Some of these actions may involve grounding or disposing of aircraft or engines, which could result in asset impairments or other charges in future periods.

In March 2022, we began Dry Leasing seven 767-300 converted freighter aircraftsigned a new five-year CBA with our pilots, effective as of September 2021. Under this industry competitive agreement, all of our pilots are receiving significantly higher pay, quality of life improvements and enhanced benefits. Labor costs arising from the new CBA are materially greater than the costs under our previous CBAs with our pilots (see Note 12 to Amazon

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our Financial Statements for further discussion).

Given the dynamic nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. We have incurred and expect to incur significant additional costs, including higher premium pay for pilots operating in certain areas significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and other operational costs, including costs for continuing to provide a safe working environment for our employees. In addition, COVID-19-related airport closures, employees who are unable to work, vaccine mandates, disruption of operations by our third-party service providers, availability of hotels and restaurants, ground handling delays or reductions in passenger flights by other airlines globally, have impacted and could have a further impact on a long-term basis.overtime costs, crew travel costs and our ability to position employees to operate and fully utilize all of our aircraft. The continuation or worsening of the aforementioned and other factors could materially affect our results for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Financial Statements and other financial information appearing and referred to elsewhere in this report.

Three Months Ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021

Operating Statistics

The following tables compare our Segment Operating Fleet (average aircraft equivalents during the period) and total Block Hours operated for the three months ended September 30:

 

Segment Operating Fleet

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

ACMI*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airline Operations*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

747-8F Cargo

 

 

9.5

 

 

 

7.9

 

 

 

1.6

 

 

 

10.9

 

 

 

10.0

 

 

 

0.9

 

747-400 Cargo

 

 

15.1

 

 

 

12.9

 

 

 

2.2

 

 

 

34.8

 

 

 

34.6

 

 

 

0.2

 

747-400 Dreamlifter

 

 

3.1

 

 

 

2.8

 

 

 

0.3

 

 

 

0.7

 

 

 

0.6

 

 

 

0.1

 

747-400 Passenger

 

 

4.3

 

 

 

5.1

 

 

 

(0.8

)

777-200 Cargo

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

-

 

767-300 Cargo

 

 

12.2

 

 

 

4.6

 

 

 

7.6

 

 

 

24.0

 

 

 

24.0

 

 

 

-

 

767-200 Cargo

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

-

 

737-400 Cargo

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

-

 

747-400 Passenger

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

767-200 Passenger

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

Total

 

 

60.9

 

 

 

49.2

 

 

 

11.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

747-8F Cargo

 

 

0.5

 

 

 

2.1

 

 

 

(1.6

)

747-400 Cargo

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

9.8

 

 

 

(0.8

)

747-400 Passenger

 

 

1.9

 

 

 

2.0

 

 

 

(0.1

)

767-300 Passenger

 

 

4.8

 

 

 

4.0

 

 

 

0.8

 

 

 

5.7

 

 

 

4.9

 

 

 

0.8

 

737-800 Cargo

 

 

8.0

 

 

 

8.0

 

 

 

-

 

Total

 

 

16.2

 

 

 

17.9

 

 

 

(1.7

)

 

 

97.4

 

 

 

96.2

 

 

 

1.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry Leasing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

777-200 Cargo

 

 

6.0

 

 

 

6.0

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

7.0

 

 

 

7.0

 

 

 

-

 

767-300 Cargo

 

 

8.6

 

 

 

2.6

 

 

 

6.0

 

 

 

21.0

 

 

 

21.0

 

 

 

-

 

757-200 Cargo

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

737-300 Cargo

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

(1.0

)

737-800 Passenger

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

Total

 

 

17.6

 

 

 

11.6

 

 

 

6.0

 

 

 

28.0

 

 

 

29.0

 

 

 

(1.0

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Aircraft Dry Leased to CMI customers

 

 

(8.6

)

 

 

(2.6

)

 

 

(6.0

)

 

 

(21.0

)

 

 

(21.0

)

 

 

-

 

Total Operating Average Aircraft Equivalents

 

 

86.1

 

 

 

76.1

 

 

 

10.0

 

 

 

104.4

 

 

 

104.2

 

 

 

0.2

 

* Airline Operations average fleet excludes spare aircraft provided by CMI customers.

*

ACMI average fleet excludes spare aircraft provided by CMI customers.

 

Block Hours

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Total Block Hours**

 

 

64,837

 

 

 

54,175

 

 

 

10,662

 

 

 

19.7

%

 

79,274

 

 

 

90,363

 

 

 

(11,089

)

 

 

(12.3

)%

** Includes Airline Operations and other Block Hours.

**

Includes ACMI, Charter and other Block Hours.


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Operating Revenue

The following table compares our Operating Revenue for the three months ended September 30 (in thousands):

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Operating Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACMI

 

$

258,109

 

 

$

206,310

 

 

$

51,799

 

 

 

25.1

%

Charter

 

 

243,583

 

 

 

212,040

 

 

 

31,543

 

 

 

14.9

%

Airline Operations

 

$

1,086,998

 

 

$

980,714

 

 

$

106,284

 

 

 

10.8

%

Dry Leasing

 

 

30,804

 

 

 

25,907

 

 

 

4,897

 

 

 

18.9

%

 

 

41,779

 

 

 

40,926

 

 

 

853

 

 

 

2.1

%

Customer incentive asset amortization

 

 

(1,531

)

 

 

(174

)

 

 

(1,357

)

 

NM

 

 

 

(9,474

)

 

 

(11,332

)

 

 

(1,858

)

 

 

(16.4

)%

Other

 

 

4,783

 

 

 

3,932

 

 

 

851

 

 

 

21.6

%

 

 

5,251

 

 

 

5,792

 

 

 

(541

)

 

 

(9.3

)%

Total Operating Revenue

 

$

535,748

 

 

$

448,015

 

 

$

87,733

 

 

 

19.6

%

 

$

1,124,554

 

 

$

1,016,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NM represents year-over-year changes that are not meaningful.

ACMIAirline Operations

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

ACMI Block Hours

 

 

50,243

 

 

 

39,448

 

 

 

10,795

 

 

 

27.4

%

ACMI Revenue Per Block Hour

 

$

5,137

 

 

$

5,230

 

 

$

(93

)

 

 

(1.8

)%

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Block Hours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cargo

 

75,899

 

 

 

84,512

 

 

 

(8,613

)

 

 

(10.2

)%

Passenger

 

2,851

 

 

 

5,112

 

 

 

(2,261

)

 

 

(44.2

)%

Total Airline Operations

 

78,750

 

 

 

89,624

 

 

 

(10,874

)

 

 

(12.1

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue Per Block Hour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airline Operations

$

13,803

 

 

$

10,943

 

 

$

2,860

 

 

 

26.1

%

Cargo

$

13,502

 

 

$

10,383

 

 

$

3,119

 

 

 

30.0

%

Passenger

$

21,832

 

 

$

20,187

 

 

$

1,645

 

 

 

8.1

%

ACMI Airline Operations revenue increased $51.8$106.3 million, or 25.1%, primarily due to increased flying.  The increase in Block Hours was primarily driven by the startup of 767 flying for Amazon, 747-8F flying for Cathay Pacific Cargo and 747-400 flying for Nippon Cargo Airlines, Asiana Cargo and Suparna Airlines, as well as higher aircraft utilization.  Revenue per Block Hour decreased slightly primarily due to the impact of increased 767 and 747-400 CMI flying.  In addition, ACMI revenue in the third quarter of 2017 was negatively impacted by the aforementioned labor-related operational disruptions.

Charter

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Charter Block Hours:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cargo

 

 

8,680

 

 

 

9,797

 

 

 

(1,117

)

 

 

(11.4

)%

Passenger

 

 

5,447

 

 

 

4,474

 

 

 

973

 

 

 

21.7

%

Total

 

 

14,127

 

 

 

14,271

 

 

 

(144

)

 

 

(1.0

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charter Revenue Per Block Hour:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cargo

 

$

17,660

 

 

$

13,926

 

 

$

3,734

 

 

 

26.8

%

Passenger

 

$

16,577

 

 

$

16,899

 

 

$

(322

)

 

 

(1.9

)%

Charter

 

$

17,242

 

 

$

14,858

 

 

$

2,384

 

 

 

16.0

%

Charter revenue increased $31.5 million, or 14.9%10.8%, primarily due to an increase in Revenue per Block Hour.  The increaseHour, partially offset by a reduction in Block Hours. Revenue per Block Hour rose primarily reflects the impact of Charter capacity purchased from our ACMI customers that had no associated Charter Block Hours,due to higher fuel prices and higherYields, net of fuel, including the impact of new and extended long-term contracts and increased cargo flying for the AMC. Block Hours decreased primarily due to operational disruptions related to an increase in COVID-19 cases in July and August, our operation of fewer passenger flights and the effects of Hurricane Ian. The increase in cases and effect of the hurricane adversely impacted our crew availability and our ability to position them due to the widespread and well-publicized cancellations of commercial cargo Yields.  In addition, Charter passenger flights.

Dry Leasing

Dry Leasing revenue in the third quarter of 2017 was negatively impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Harvey.  relatively unchanged.


Operating Expenses

The following table compares our Operating Expenses for the three months ended September 30 (in thousands):

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aircraft fuel

 

$

352,289

 

 

$

216,638

 

 

$

135,651

 

 

 

62.6

%

Salaries, wages and benefits

 

$

114,505

 

 

$

125,978

 

 

$

(11,473

)

 

 

(9.1

)%

 

 

264,685

 

 

 

231,437

 

 

 

33,248

 

 

 

14.4

%

Aircraft fuel

 

 

74,048

 

 

 

65,409

 

 

 

8,639

 

 

 

13.2

%

Maintenance, materials and repairs

 

 

74,457

 

 

 

49,761

 

 

 

24,696

 

 

 

49.6

%

 

 

116,622

 

 

 

102,819

 

 

 

13,803

 

 

 

13.4

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

42,033

 

 

 

37,509

 

 

 

4,524

 

 

 

12.1

%

 

 

78,431

 

 

 

73,468

 

 

 

4,963

 

 

 

6.8

%

Travel

 

 

38,260

 

 

 

31,958

 

 

 

6,302

 

 

 

19.7

%

 

 

57,237

 

 

 

42,966

 

 

 

14,271

 

 

 

33.2

%

Aircraft rent

 

 

33,873

 

 

 

35,730

 

 

 

(1,857

)

 

 

(5.2

)%

Navigation fees, landing fees and other rent

 

 

33,468

 

 

 

15,640

 

 

 

17,828

 

 

 

114.0

%

 

 

41,319

 

 

 

46,622

 

 

 

(5,303

)

 

 

(11.4

)%

Passenger and ground handling services

 

 

28,491

 

 

 

21,673

 

 

 

6,818

 

 

 

31.5

%

 

 

33,138

 

 

 

40,268

 

 

 

(7,130

)

 

 

(17.7

)%

Loss (gain) on disposal of aircraft

 

 

211

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(200

)

 

NM

 

Aircraft rent

 

 

13,603

 

 

 

15,485

 

 

 

(1,882

)

 

 

(12.2

)%

Gain on disposal of flight equipment

 

 

-

 

 

 

(810

)

 

 

810

 

 

NM

 

Special charge

 

 

6,299

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

6,299

 

 

NM

 

Transaction-related expenses

 

 

1,092

 

 

 

3,905

 

 

 

(2,813

)

 

 

(72.0

)%

 

 

6,889

 

 

 

168

 

 

 

6,721

 

 

NM

 

Other

 

 

42,598

 

 

 

34,465

 

 

 

8,133

 

 

 

23.6

%

 

 

62,284

 

 

 

63,106

 

 

 

(822

)

 

 

(1.3

)%

Total Operating Expenses

 

$

483,036

 

 

$

422,017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,032,796

 

 

$

832,167

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NM represents year-over-year changes that are not meaningful.

Salaries, wages and benefits decreased $11.5Aircraft fuel increased $135.7 million, or 9.1%, primarily driven by a 2016 change in control, as defined under certain benefit plans, related to the Amazon transaction (see Note 6 to our Financial Statements), partially offset by increased flying. In addition, crewmember costs were negatively impacted by the aforementioned labor-related operational disruptions.

Aircraft fuel increased $8.6 million, or 13.2%62.6%, primarily due to an increase in the average fuel cost per gallon.gallon, partially offset by lower consumption related to decreased Charter flying. Our exposure to fluctuations in fuel price is generally limited to the shorter-term commercial portion of our Charter services, as fuel risk is largely mitigated by price adjustments, including those based

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on indexed fuel prices for longer-term commercial charter contracts. We do not incur fuel expense in ourproviding ACMI and CMI services or in our Dry Leasing businessesbusiness as the cost of fuel is borne by the customer. Similarly, we generally have no fuel price risk for AMC charters because the price is typically set under our contract with the AMC, and we receive or make payments to adjust for price increases and decreases from the contractual rate. Average fuel cost per gallon and fuel consumption for the three months ended September 30 were:

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Average fuel cost per gallon

 

$

1.84

 

 

$

1.61

 

 

$

0.23

 

 

 

14.3

%

$

3.64

 

 

$

2.06

 

 

$

1.58

 

 

 

76.7

%

Fuel gallons consumed (000s)

 

 

40,275

 

 

 

40,718

 

 

 

(443

)

 

 

(1.1

)%

 

96,805

 

 

 

105,258

 

 

 

(8,453

)

 

 

(8.0

)%

Salaries, wages and benefits increased $33.2 million, or 14.4%, primarily due to increased pilot costs related to our new CBA, higher overtime pay driven by an increase in COVID-19 cases and higher premium pay for pilots operating in certain areas significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. These items were partially offset by decreased flying and a $15.2 million adjustment to paid time-off benefits that was recorded in 2021 related to our new CBA.

Maintenance, materials and repairs increased by $24.7$13.8 million, or 49.6%13.4%, primarily reflecting $13.3 million of increased Heavy Maintenance expense partially offset by a decrease in Line Maintenance expense due to increased flying and additional repairs performed, and $10.1 million of Heavy Maintenance expense.  The higher Line Maintenance primarily reflected increases of $5.8 million for 767 aircraft, $4.9 million for 747-400 aircraft and $2.7 million for 747-8F aircraft. Heavy Maintenance expense on 747-400 aircraft increased $4.0$19.3 million primarily due to an increase in the number of engine overhauls and additional repairs performed.  HeavyC Checks. Line Maintenance expense on 747-8F aircraft increased $3.1decreased $7.1 million primarily due to an increasethe reduction in the number of C Checks.  Heavy Maintenance expense on 767 aircraft increased $2.9 million primarily due to an increase in the number of C Checks.flying. Heavy airframe maintenance checks and engine overhauls impacting Maintenance, materials and repairs for the three months ended September 30 were:

 

Heavy Maintenance Events

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

747-8F C Checks

 

 

4

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

-

 

747-400 C Checks

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

2

 

767 C Checks

 

 

2

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

-

 

747-400 D Checks

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

CF6-80 engine overhauls

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

PW4000 engine overhauls

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1

 

 

Depreciation and amortization increased $4.5$5.0 million, or 12.1%6.8%, primarily due to additional aircraft operating in 2017 and an increase in the amortization of deferred maintenance costsdepreciation related to 747-8F engine overhaulsthe acquisition of 747-400 freighter aircraft throughout 2021 that were previously on lease to us and changes in 747-400 freighter aircraft leases in 2021.

Travel increased $14.3 million, or 33.2%, primarily due to increased commercial passenger airfare rates and operational disruptions related to an increase in COVID-19 cases in July and August, partially offset by decreased flying.

Navigation fees, landing fees and other rent decreased $5.3 million, or 11.4%, primarily due to decreased flying.

Passenger and ground handling services decreased $7.1 million, or 17.7%, primarily due to decreased flying and lower rates.

Special charge in 2022 relates to three nonoperational spare CF6-80 engines held for sale to be traded in for newly overhauled engines (see Note 7 to our Financial Statements).

Transaction-related expenses in 2022 represents costs associated with the proposed Merger transaction (see Note 2 to our Financial Statements).

Travel increased $6.3 million, or 19.7%, primarily due to increased flying.

Aircraft rent decreased $1.9 million, or 5.2%, primarily due to the amendment and extension of a lease for a 747-400 freighter aircraft to a lower monthly lease rate (see Note 8 to our Financial Statements) and a reduction in the number of spare engines leased.


Navigation fees, landing fees and other rent increased $17.8 million, or 114.0%, primarily due to an increase in purchased capacity.

Passenger and ground handling services increased $6.8 million, or 31.5%, primarily due to increased Charter flying.

Transaction-related expenses in 2017 related to the Southern Air acquisition, which primarily included professional fees and integration costs. Transaction-related expenses in 2016 related to the Southern Air acquisition and our transaction with Amazon and primarily included: compensation costs, including employee termination benefits; professional fees; and integration costs (see Notes 4 and 6 to our Financial Statements).

Other increased $8.1 million, or 23.6%, primarily due to increased commission expense on higher revenue from the AMC, the impact of growth initiatives, and higher legal and professional fees related to our request for a preliminary injunction to stop the aforementioned labor-related operational disruptions.

Non-operating Expenses (Income)

The following table compares our Non-operating Expenses (Income) for the three months ended September 30 (in thousands):

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Non-operating Expenses (Income)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

$

(1,688

)

 

$

(1,316

)

 

$

372

 

 

 

28.3

%

 

$

(2,426

)

 

$

(159

)

 

$

2,267

 

 

NM

 

Interest expense

 

 

26,553

 

 

 

21,355

 

 

 

5,198

 

 

 

24.3

%

 

 

19,177

 

 

 

27,173

 

 

 

(7,996

)

 

 

(29.4

)%

Capitalized interest

 

 

(1,922

)

 

 

(1,059

)

 

 

863

 

 

 

81.5

%

 

 

(3,080

)

 

 

(2,335

)

 

 

745

 

 

 

31.9

%

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

167

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(167

)

 

NM

 

Unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments

 

 

44,775

 

 

 

1,462

 

 

 

43,313

 

 

NM

 

Other income

 

 

(1,165

)

 

 

(180

)

 

 

985

 

 

NM

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

(138

)

 

 

3,136

 

 

 

(3,274

)

 

 

(104.4

)%

Interest expense increased $5.2decreased $8.0 million, or 24.3%29.4%, primarily due to the issuanceadoption of the 2017 Convertible Notes and the financing of 767-300 aircraft purchases and conversions.

Capitalized interest increased $0.9 million, or 81.5%, primarily due to an increase in the number of 767-300 aircraft undergoing passenger-to-freighter conversion.

Unrealized loss (gain)amended accounting guidance for convertible notes on financial instruments represents the change in fair value of the Amazon WarrantJanuary 1, 2022 (see Note 63 to our Financial Statements) primarily due to changes in our common stock price.and the scheduled repayment of debt.

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Income taxes. OurThe effective income tax expense rates were 72.7%23.2% and 230.8%23.4% for the three months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively. The effective income tax expense rate for the three months ended September 30, 2017These rates differed from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to nondeductible changes in the value of the Amazon Warrant liability (see Note 6 to our Financial Statements).  The effectivestate income taxes and certain expenses that are not deductible for tax expense rate for the three months ended September 30, 2016 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to nondeductible expenses resulting from a change in control, as defined under certain of the Company’s benefit plans, related to the Amazon transaction.  The effective rates for both periods were impacted by our assertion to indefinitely reinvest the net earnings of foreign subsidiaries outside the U.S.purposes.

Segments

The following table compares the Direct Contribution for our reportable segments for the three months ended September 30 (see Note 1211 to our Financial Statements for the reconciliation to Operating income) (in thousands):

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Direct Contribution:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACMI

 

$

51,647

 

 

$

51,607

 

 

$

40

 

 

 

0.1

%

Charter

 

 

34,808

 

 

 

32,948

 

 

 

1,860

 

 

 

5.6

%

Dry Leasing

 

 

10,245

 

 

 

7,413

 

 

 

2,832

 

 

 

38.2

%

Total Direct Contribution

 

$

96,700

 

 

$

91,968

 

 

$

4,732

 

 

 

5.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated income and expenses, net

 

$

64,463

 

 

$

80,876

 

 

$

(16,413

)

 

 

(20.3

)%


 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Direct Contribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airline Operations

 

$

169,065

 

 

$

265,260

 

 

$

(96,195

)

 

 

(36.3

)%

Dry Leasing

 

 

13,331

 

 

 

10,435

 

 

 

2,896

 

 

 

27.8

%

Total Direct Contribution

 

$

182,396

 

 

$

275,695

 

 

$

(93,299

)

 

 

(33.8

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated expenses and (income), net

 

$

90,983

 

 

$

120,219

 

 

$

(29,236

)

 

 

(24.3

)%

Airline Operations Segment

ACMI Segment

ACMIAirline Operations Direct Contribution decreased $96.2 million, or 36.3%, primarily due to increased pilot costs related to our new CBA, higher overtime pay driven by an increase in COVID-19 cases in July and August and higher premium pay for pilots operating in certain areas significantly impacted by COVID-19. Direct Contribution was relatively unchanged,also adversely impacted by lower aircraft utilization and higher crew travel costs driven by operational disruptions related to this increase in COVID-19 cases and the effects of Hurricane Ian, as well as higher commercial passenger airfare rates. The increase in COVID-19 cases and the impacteffect of increased flying was largely offset by higher HeavyHurricane Ian adversely impacted our crew availability and Line Maintenance costsour ability to position them due to the widespread and amortizationwell-publicized cancellations of deferred maintenance costs.commercial passenger flights. In addition, ACMIAirline Operations Direct Contribution was negatively impacted by the aforementioned labor-related operational disruptions.

Charter Segment

Charter Direct Contribution increased $1.9 million, or 5.6%, primarily due to higher commercial cargo Yields, partially offset by higher Heavy Maintenance costsexpense and a decrease in passenger flying for the AMC. Partially offsetting these items were increased Yields, net of fuel, primarily driven by increased cargo flying for the AMC and the redeploymentimpact of 747-8F aircraft to the ACMI segment.  In addition, Charter Direct Contribution was negatively impacted by Hurricanes Irmanew and Harvey and the aforementioned labor-related operational disruptions.extended long-term contracts.

Dry Leasing Segment

Dry Leasing Direct Contribution increased $2.8$2.9 million, or 38.2%27.8%, primarily driven by lower interest expense related to the scheduled repayment of debt.

Unallocated expenses and (income), net

Unallocated expenses and (income), net decreased $29.2 million, or 24.3%, primarily due to a $15.2 million adjustment to paid time-off benefits that was recorded in 2021 related to our new CBA, lower interest expense due to the scheduled repaymentadoption of debtthe amended accounting guidance for Dry Leased 777-200LRF aircraft and the placement of 767-300 converted freighter aircraft.

Unallocated income and expenses, net

Unallocated income and expenses, net decreased $16.4 million, or 20.3%, primarily due to a 2016 change in control, as defined under certain benefit plans, related to the Amazon transactionconvertible notes on January 1, 2022 (see Note 63 to our Financial Statements).  Partially offsetting this item were higher costs in 2017 due to unallocated interest expense, growth initiatives, amortization of the Amazon customer incentive asset, and legal andlower professional fees related to our request for a preliminary injunction to stop the aforementioned labor-related operational disruptions.fees.


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Nine Months Ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021

Operating Statistics

The following tables compare our Segment Operating Fleet (average aircraft equivalents during the period) and total Block Hours operated for the nine months ended September 30:

Segment Operating Fleet

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

Airline Operations*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

747-8F Cargo

 

 

10.4

 

 

 

10.0

 

 

 

0.4

 

747-400 Cargo

 

 

34.6

 

 

 

34.3

 

 

 

0.3

 

747-400 Dreamlifter

 

 

0.4

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

(0.6

)

747-400 Passenger

 

 

4.6

 

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

(0.4

)

777-200 Cargo

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

-

 

767-300 Cargo

 

 

24.0

 

 

 

24.0

 

 

 

-

 

767-300 Passenger

 

 

5.6

 

 

 

4.9

 

 

 

0.7

 

767-200 Cargo

 

 

-

 

 

 

2.7

 

 

 

(2.7

)

767-200 Passenger

 

 

-

 

 

 

0.2

 

 

 

(0.2

)

737-800 Cargo

 

 

8.0

 

 

 

8.0

 

 

 

-

 

Total

 

 

96.6

 

 

 

99.1

 

 

 

(2.5

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry Leasing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

777-200 Cargo

 

 

7.0

 

 

 

7.0

 

 

 

-

 

767-300 Cargo

 

 

21.0

 

 

 

21.0

 

 

 

-

 

737-300 Cargo

 

 

-

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

(1.0

)

Total

 

 

28.0

 

 

 

29.0

 

 

 

(1.0

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Aircraft Dry Leased to CMI customers

 

 

(21.0

)

 

 

(21.0

)

 

 

-

 

Total Operating Average Aircraft Equivalents

 

 

103.6

 

 

 

107.1

 

 

 

(3.5

)

* Airline Operations average fleet excludes spare aircraft provided by CMI customers.

 

Segment Operating Fleet

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

ACMI*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

747-8F Cargo

 

 

8.1

 

 

 

8.2

 

 

 

(0.1

)

747-400 Cargo

 

 

14.0

 

 

 

13.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

747-400 Dreamlifter

 

 

3.1

 

 

 

2.9

 

 

 

0.2

 

777-200 Cargo

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

3.2

 

 

 

1.8

 

767-300 Cargo

 

 

8.7

 

 

 

4.0

 

 

 

4.7

 

767-200 Cargo

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

-

 

737-400 Cargo

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

3.2

 

 

 

1.8

 

747-400 Passenger

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

767-200 Passenger

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

Total

 

 

54.9

 

 

 

45.5

 

 

 

9.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

747-8F Cargo

 

 

1.9

 

 

 

1.8

 

 

 

0.1

 

747-400 Cargo

 

 

9.9

 

 

 

9.7

 

 

 

0.2

 

747-400 Passenger

 

 

2.0

 

 

 

2.0

 

 

 

-

 

767-300 Passenger

 

 

4.8

 

 

 

3.4

 

 

 

1.4

 

Total

 

 

18.6

 

 

 

16.9

 

 

 

1.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry Leasing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

777-200 Cargo

 

 

6.0

 

 

 

6.0

 

 

 

-

 

767-300 Cargo

 

 

6.0

 

 

 

2.0

 

 

 

4.0

 

757-200 Cargo

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

737-300 Cargo

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

737-800 Passenger

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

Total

 

 

15.0

 

 

 

11.0

 

 

 

4.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Aircraft Dry Leased to CMI customers

 

 

(6.0

)

 

 

(2.0

)

 

 

(4.0

)

Total Operating Average Aircraft Equivalents

 

 

82.5

 

 

 

71.4

 

 

 

11.1

 

*

ACMI average fleet excludes spare aircraft provided by CMI customers.

Block Hours

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Total Block Hours**

 

 

181,241

 

 

 

149,639

 

 

 

31,602

 

 

 

21.1

%

**

Includes ACMI, Charter and other Block Hours.

Block Hours

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Total Block Hours**

 

245,822

 

 

 

272,076

 

 

 

(26,254

)

 

 

(9.6

)%

** Includes Airline Operations and other Block Hours.

Operating Revenue

The following table compares our Operating Revenue for the nine months ended September 30 (in thousands):

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Operating Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACMI

 

$

687,982

 

 

$

600,772

 

 

$

87,210

 

 

 

14.5

%

Charter

 

 

743,302

 

 

 

616,794

 

 

 

126,508

 

 

 

20.5

%

Dry Leasing

 

 

86,120

 

 

 

79,165

 

 

 

6,955

 

 

 

8.8

%

Customer incentive asset amortization

 

 

(2,873

)

 

 

(174

)

 

 

(2,699

)

 

NM

 

Other

 

 

13,977

 

 

 

13,345

 

 

 

632

 

 

 

4.7

%

Total Operating Revenue

 

$

1,528,508

 

 

$

1,309,902

 

 

$

218,606

 

 

 

16.7

%


ACMI

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

ACMI Block Hours

 

 

133,978

 

 

 

108,839

 

 

 

25,139

 

 

 

23.1

%

ACMI Revenue Per Block Hour

 

$

5,135

 

 

$

5,520

 

 

$

(385

)

 

 

(7.0

)%

ACMI

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Operating Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airline Operations

 

$

3,225,084

 

 

$

2,762,815

 

 

$

462,269

 

 

 

16.7

%

Dry Leasing

 

 

129,263

 

 

 

121,694

 

 

 

7,569

 

 

 

6.2

%

Customer incentive asset amortization

 

 

(29,389

)

 

 

(33,256

)

 

 

(3,867

)

 

 

(11.6

)%

Other

 

 

16,723

 

 

 

16,579

 

 

 

144

 

 

 

0.9

%

Total Operating Revenue

 

$

3,341,681

 

 

$

2,867,832

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airline Operations

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Block Hours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cargo

 

234,246

 

 

 

255,296

 

 

 

(21,050

)

 

 

(8.2

)%

Passenger

 

9,442

 

 

 

13,474

 

 

 

(4,032

)

 

 

(29.9

)%

Total Airline Operations

 

243,688

 

 

 

268,770

 

 

 

(25,082

)

 

 

(9.3

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue Per Block Hour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airline Operations

$

13,234

 

 

$

10,279

 

 

$

2,955

 

 

 

28.7

%

Cargo

$

12,944

 

 

$

9,809

 

 

$

3,135

 

 

 

32.0

%

Passenger

$

20,436

 

 

$

19,187

 

 

$

1,249

 

 

 

6.5

%

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Airline Operations revenue increased $87.2$462.3 million, or 14.5%16.7%, primarily due to an increase in Revenue per Block Hour, partially offset by a reduction in Block Hours. Revenue per Block Hour rose primarily due to higher fuel prices and Yields, net of fuel, including the impact of new and extended long-term contracts and increased flying.cargo flying for the AMC. Block hours decreased primarily due to operational disruptions related to an increase in COVID-19 cases (which were significantly higher from late June through August), a reduction in less profitable smaller gauge CMI service flying, our operation of fewer passenger flights and the effects of Hurricane Ian. The increase in Block Hours reflectscases and effect of the impact from the Southern Air acquisition, the startup of 767 flying for Amazon, 747-400 flying for Nippon Cargo Airlines, Asiana Cargohurricane adversely impacted our crew availability and Suparna Airlines, and 747-8F flying for Cathy Pacific Cargo, as well as higher aircraft utilization.  Partially offsetting these items was the temporary redeployment of 747-8F aircraftour ability to position them due to the Charter segmentwidespread and well-publicized cancellations of commercial passenger flights.

Dry Leasing

Dry Leasing revenue increased $7.6 million, or 6.2%, primarily due to $5.0 million of revenue from maintenance payments related to the scheduled return of an aircraft during the first quarter of 2017.  Revenue per Block Hour decreased primarily due to the impact of 777-200 and 737-400 CMI flying from the Southern Air acquisition, increased 767 and 747-400 CMI flying and the temporary redeployment of 747-8F aircraft to Charter2022, which was subsequently sold during the first quarter of 2017.that quarter.

Charter

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Charter Block Hours:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cargo

 

 

30,908

 

 

 

26,698

 

 

 

4,210

 

 

 

15.8

%

Passenger

 

 

14,903

 

 

 

12,753

 

 

 

2,150

 

 

 

16.9

%

Total

 

 

45,811

 

 

 

39,451

 

 

 

6,360

 

 

 

16.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charter Revenue Per Block Hour:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cargo

 

$

16,258

 

 

$

14,878

 

 

$

1,380

 

 

 

9.3

%

Passenger

 

$

16,159

 

 

$

17,218

 

 

$

(1,060

)

 

 

(6.2

)%

Charter

 

$

16,225

 

 

$

15,634

 

 

$

591

 

 

 

3.8

%

Charter revenue increased $126.5 million, or 20.5%, primarily due to increased flying.  The increase in Charter Block Hours was primarily driven by increased commercial cargo demand, increased cargo and passenger demand from the AMC and the temporary redeployment of 747-8F aircraft from the ACMI segment during the first quarter of 2017.  Revenue per Block Hour increased primarily due to higher Yields for commercial cargo, higher fuel prices and the impact of Charter capacity purchased from our ACMI customers that had no associated Charter Block Hours, partially offset by lower cargo and passenger rates from the AMC.  

Operating Expenses

The following table compares our Operating Expenses for the nine months ended September 30 (in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aircraft fuel

 

$

982,508

 

 

$

594,458

 

 

$

388,050

 

 

 

65.3

%

Salaries, wages and benefits

 

 

848,610

 

 

 

642,417

 

 

 

206,193

 

 

 

32.1

%

Maintenance, materials and repairs

 

 

343,576

 

 

 

356,499

 

 

 

(12,923

)

 

 

(3.6

)%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

224,991

 

 

 

207,918

 

 

 

17,073

 

 

 

8.2

%

Travel

 

 

152,724

 

 

 

120,585

 

 

 

32,139

 

 

 

26.7

%

Navigation fees, landing fees and other rent

 

 

119,764

 

 

 

138,918

 

 

 

(19,154

)

 

 

(13.8

)%

Passenger and ground handling services

 

 

102,821

 

 

 

121,837

 

 

 

(19,016

)

 

 

(15.6

)%

Aircraft rent

 

 

39,211

 

 

 

53,928

 

 

 

(14,717

)

 

 

(27.3

)%

Gain on disposal of flight equipment

 

 

(6,221

)

 

 

(794

)

 

 

5,427

 

 

NM

 

Special charge

 

 

8,932

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

8,932

 

 

NM

 

Transaction-related expenses

 

 

6,889

 

 

 

486

 

 

 

6,403

 

 

NM

 

Other

 

 

172,576

 

 

 

183,366

 

 

 

(10,790

)

 

 

(5.9

)%

Total Operating Expenses

 

$

2,996,381

 

 

$

2,419,618

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries, wages and benefits

 

$

330,080

 

 

$

321,365

 

 

$

8,715

 

 

 

2.7

%

Aircraft fuel

 

 

239,966

 

 

 

189,982

 

 

 

49,984

 

 

 

26.3

%

Maintenance, materials and repairs

 

 

212,042

 

 

 

162,220

 

 

 

49,822

 

 

 

30.7

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

120,913

 

 

 

109,722

 

 

 

11,191

 

 

 

10.2

%

Travel

 

 

105,510

 

 

 

94,291

 

 

 

11,219

 

 

 

11.9

%

Aircraft rent

 

 

103,738

 

 

 

109,490

 

 

 

(5,752

)

 

 

(5.3

)%

Navigation fees, landing fees and other rent

 

 

77,258

 

 

 

56,391

 

 

 

20,867

 

 

 

37.0

%

Passenger and ground handling services

 

 

77,187

 

 

 

64,571

 

 

 

12,616

 

 

 

19.5

%

Loss (gain) on disposal of aircraft

 

 

64

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(53

)

 

NM

 

Special charge

 

 

-

 

 

 

6,631

 

 

 

(6,631

)

 

NM

 

Transaction-related expenses

 

 

3,403

 

 

 

21,486

 

 

 

(18,083

)

 

 

(84.2

)%

Other

 

 

123,121

 

 

 

106,885

 

 

 

16,236

 

 

 

15.2

%

     Total Operating Expenses

 

$

1,393,282

 

 

$

1,243,023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries, wages and benefitsAircraft fuel increased $8.7$388.1 million, or 2.7%, primarily driven by the impact of the Southern Air acquisition, growth initiatives and increased flying.  Partially offsetting these items were a 2016 change in control, as defined under certain benefit plans, related to the Amazon transaction (see Note 6 to our Financial Statements) and lower costs related to crew training.  In addition, crewmember costs were negatively impacted by the aforementioned labor-related operational disruptions.


Aircraft fuel increased $50.0 million, or 26.3%65.3%, primarily due to increased fuel consumption reflecting the increase in Charter Block Hours operated and an increase in the average fuel cost per gallon.gallon, partially offset by lower consumption related to decreased Charter flying. Our exposure to fluctuations in fuel price is generally limited to the shorter-term commercial portion of our Charter services, as fuel risk is largely mitigated by price adjustments, including those based on indexed fuel prices for longer-term commercial charter contracts. We do not incur fuel expense in ourproviding ACMI and CMI services or in our Dry Leasing businessesbusiness as the cost of fuel is borne by the customer. Similarly, we generally have no fuel price risk for AMC charters because the price is typically set under our contract with the AMC, and we receive or make payments to adjust for price increases and decreases from the contractual rate. Average fuel cost per gallon and fuel consumption for the nine months ended September 30 were:

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Average fuel cost per gallon

 

$

1.85

 

 

$

1.69

 

 

$

0.16

 

 

 

9.5

%

Fuel gallons consumed (000s)

 

 

129,420

 

 

 

112,248

 

 

 

17,172

 

 

 

15.3

%

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Average fuel cost per gallon

$

3.43

 

 

$

1.90

 

 

$

1.53

 

 

 

80.5

%

Fuel gallons consumed (000s)

 

286,863

 

 

 

312,662

 

 

 

(25,799

)

 

 

(8.3

)%

Salaries, wages and benefits increased $206.2 million, or 32.1%, primarily due to increased pilot costs related to our new CBA and higher premium pay for pilots operating in certain areas significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, partially offset by decreased flying and a $15.2 million adjustment to paid time-off benefits that was recorded in 2021 related to our new CBA.

Maintenance, materials and repairs increased decreased by $49.8$12.9 million, or 30.7%3.6%, primarily reflecting $31.0$18.7 million of higherreduced Line Maintenance expense due to increased flying and additional repairs performed, the Southern Air acquisition, and $21.1 million of Heavy Maintenance expense, partially offset by a $3.0$3.7 million decrease in Non-heavyof higher Heavy Maintenance expense. Line Maintenance expense on 747-400 aircraft.  The higher Line Maintenancedecreased primarily reflected increases of $11.9 million for 767 aircraft, $9.9 million for 747-400 aircraft and $6.1 million for 747-8F aircraft.due to the reduction in flying. Heavy Maintenance expense on 747-400 aircraft increased $19.1$13.3 million primarily due to an increase in the number of D Checks, engine overhauls and additional repairs performed, partially offset by a decrease in the number of C Checks. Heavy Maintenance expense on 767 aircraft increased $4.2 million primarily due to an increase in the number of C Checks. Heavy Maintenance expense on 747-8F aircraft decreased $3.4$7.1 million primarily due to a decrease in unscheduled engine repairs, partially offset by an increase in the number of CD Checks.  Non-heavy Maintenance on 747-400 aircraft decreased $3.0 million as a result of fewer events. Heavy airframe maintenance checks and engine overhauls impacting Maintenance, materials and repairs for the nine months ended September 30 were:

 

Heavy Maintenance Events

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

747-8F C Checks

 

 

6

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

2

 

747-400 C Checks

 

 

8

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

(1

)

767 C Checks

 

 

4

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

3

 

747-400 D Checks

 

 

6

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

2

 

CF6-80 engine overhauls

 

 

5

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

2

 

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Heavy Maintenance Events

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

747-8F C Checks

 

 

4

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

-

 

747-400 C Checks

 

 

13

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

2

 

777-200 C Checks

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1

 

767 C Checks

 

 

4

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

(1

)

747-8F D Checks

 

 

-

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

(2

)

747-400 D Checks

 

 

5

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

1

 

CF6-80 engine overhauls

 

 

7

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

2

 

PW4000 engine overhauls

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

(1

)

 

Depreciation and amortization increased $11.2$17.1 million, or 10.2%8.2%, primarily due to additional aircraft operating in 2017 and an increase in the amortization of deferred maintenance costsdepreciation related to 747-8F engine overhaulsthe acquisition of 747-400 freighter aircraft throughout 2021 that were previously on lease to us and changes in 747-400 freighter aircraft leases in 2021.

Travel increased $32.1 million, or 26.7%, primarily due to increased commercial passenger airfare rates and operational disruptions related to an increase in COVID-19 cases (which were significantly higher from late June through August), partially offset by decreased flying.

Navigation fees, landing fees and other rent decreased $19.2 million, or 13.8%, primarily due to decreased flying.

Passenger and ground handling services decreased $19.0 million, or 15.6%, primarily due to decreased flying and lower rates.

Aircraft rent decreased $14.7 million, or 27.3%, primarily due the acquisition of 747-400 freighter aircraft throughout 2021 that were previously on lease to us and changes in 747-400 freighter aircraft leases in 2021.

Gain on disposal of flight equipment in 2022 represented a gain during the first quarter of 2022 from the sale of six spare CF6-80 engines, which were previously classified as assets held for sale (see Note 7 to our Financial Statements).

Special charge in 2022 relates to three nonoperational spare CF6-80 engines held for sale to be traded in for newly overhauled engines and relates to two other CF6-80 engines Dry Leased to a customer (see Note 7 to our Financial Statements).

Transaction-related expenses in 2022 represents costs associated with the proposed Merger transaction (see Note 2 to our Financial Statements).

Travel increased $11.2Other decreased $10.8 million, or 11.9%5.9%, primarily due to the impact of the Southern Air acquisitiona decrease in professional fees incurred in 2021 related to costs associated with negotiations and increased flying, partially offset by lower rates for crewmember travel.

Aircraft rent decreased $5.8 million, or 5.3%, primarily due to the amendment and extension of a leasearbitration for a 747-400 freighter aircraft to a lower monthly lease ratenew CBA (see Note 812 to our Financial Statements) and a reduction in the number of spare engines leased..

Navigation fees, landing fees and other rent increased $20.9 million, or 37.0%, primarily due to an increase in purchased capacity and increased flying.Non-operating (Income) Expenses

Passenger and ground handling services increased $12.6 million, or 19.5%, primarily due to increased Charter flying.

Special charge in 2016 primarily represented a $6.5 million loss on engines held for sale (see Note 5 to our Financial Statements).  We may sell additional flight equipment, which could result in additional charges in future periods.  

Transaction-related expenses in 2017 related to the Southern Air acquisition, which primarily included professional fees and integration costs.  Transaction-related expenses in 2016 related to the Southern Air acquisition and our transaction with Amazon and primarily included: compensation costs, including employee termination benefits; professional fees; and integration costs (see Notes 4 and 6 to our Financial Statements).

Other increased $16.2 million, or 15.2%, primarily due to increased commission expense on higher revenue from the AMC, the impact of the Southern Air acquisition and other growth initiatives, and higher legal and professional fees related to our request for a preliminary injunction to stop the aforementioned labor-related operational disruptions.  Partially offsetting these items was an accrual for legal matters in 2016 (see Note 13 to our Financial Statements).


Non-operating Expenses (Income)

The following table compares our Non-operating (Income) Expenses (Income) for the nine months ended September 30 (in thousands):

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Non-operating Expenses (Income)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Non-operating (Income) Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

$

(4,286

)

 

$

(4,325

)

 

$

(39

)

 

 

(0.9

)%

 

$

(3,539

)

 

$

(559

)

 

$

2,980

 

 

NM

 

Interest expense

 

 

72,747

 

 

 

63,595

 

 

 

9,152

 

 

 

14.4

%

 

 

59,524

 

 

 

81,345

 

 

 

(21,821

)

 

 

(26.8

)%

Capitalized interest

 

 

(5,633

)

 

 

(2,106

)

 

 

3,527

 

 

 

167.5

%

 

 

(10,183

)

 

 

(5,456

)

 

 

4,727

 

 

 

86.6

%

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

167

 

 

 

132

 

 

 

35

 

 

NM

 

 

 

689

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

689

 

 

NM

 

Unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments

 

 

36,225

 

 

 

(25,013

)

 

 

(61,238

)

 

 

(244.8

)%

Other income

 

 

(357

)

 

 

(372

)

 

 

(15

)

 

 

(4.0

)%

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

-

 

 

 

113

 

 

 

(113

)

 

NM

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

81

 

 

 

(41,174

)

 

 

(41,255

)

 

 

(100.2

)%

Interest expense increased $9.2decreased $21.8 million, or 14.4%26.8%, primarily due to the issuanceadoption of the 2017 Convertible Notesamended accounting guidance for convertible notes on January 1, 2022 (see Note 3 to our Financial Statements) and the financingscheduled repayment of 767-300 aircraft purchases and conversions.debt.

Capitalized interestincreased $3.5$4.7 million primarily due to an increase in the number of 767-300pre-delivery deposits related to our January 2021 agreement to purchase four 747-8F aircraft undergoing passenger-to-freighter conversion.

Unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments represents the change in fair value of the Amazon Warrantand our December 2021 agreement to purchase four 777-200LRF aircraft from Boeing (see Note 63 to our Financial Statements).

Other (income) expense, net decreased $41.3 million, or 100.2%, primarily due to changes$40.9 million in CARES Act grant income in 2021 (see Note 3 to our common stock price.Financial Statements) and a $4.6 million reduction in refunds of aircraft rent paid in previous years.

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Income taxes. OurThe effective income tax expense rates were 59.1%23.1% and 60.3%23.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively. The effective income tax expense rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2017These rates differed from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to nondeductible changes in the value of the Amazon Warrant liability (see Note 6 to our Financial Statements)state income taxes and by the impact of the 2017 adoption of the amended accounting guidancecertain expenses that are not deductible for share-based compensation which requires that excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation be recognized within income tax expense in our consolidated statement of operations.  The effective income tax expense rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to nondeductible expenses resulting from a change in control, as defined under certain of the Company’s benefit plans, related to the Amazon transaction.  The effective rates for both periods were impacted by our assertion to indefinitely reinvest the net earnings of foreign subsidiaries outside the U.S.purposes.

Segments

The following table compares the Direct Contribution for our reportable segments for the nine months ended September 30 (see Note 1211 to our Financial Statements for the reconciliation to Operating income) (in thousands):

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Direct Contribution:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACMI

 

$

141,134

 

 

$

121,837

 

 

$

19,297

 

 

 

15.8

%

Charter

 

 

88,877

 

 

 

78,580

 

 

 

10,297

 

 

 

13.1

%

Dry Leasing

 

 

29,629

 

 

 

24,699

 

 

 

4,930

 

 

 

20.0

%

   Total Direct Contribution

 

$

259,640

 

 

$

225,116

 

 

$

34,524

 

 

 

15.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated income and expenses, net

 

$

183,418

 

 

$

186,923

 

 

$

(3,505

)

 

 

(1.9

)%

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Direct Contribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airline Operations

 

$

551,214

 

 

$

666,203

 

 

$

(114,989

)

 

 

(17.3

)%

Dry Leasing

 

 

42,887

 

 

 

31,765

 

 

 

11,122

 

 

 

35.0

%

Total Direct Contribution

 

$

594,101

 

 

$

697,968

 

 

$

(103,867

)

 

 

(14.9

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated expenses and (income), net

 

$

285,084

 

 

$

284,218

 

 

$

866

 

 

 

0.3

%

ACMIAirline Operations Segment

ACMIAirline Operations Direct Contribution increased $19.3decreased $115.0 million, or 15.8%17.3%, primarily due to the Southern Air acquisition, increased flying and lowerpilot costs related to our new CBA, higher overtime pay driven by an increase in COVID-19 cases (which were significantly higher from late June through August) and higher premium pay for pilots operating in certain areas significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, Direct Contribution was negatively impacted by lower aircraft utilization and higher crew training.travel costs driven by operational disruptions related to the increase in COVID-19 cases, as well as higher commercial passenger airfare rates. The increase in cases and effect of Hurricane Ian adversely impacted our crew availability and our ability to position them due to the widespread and well-publicized cancellations of commercial passenger flights. Partially offsetting these items were higher Heavyincreased Yields, net of fuel, including the impact of new and Line Maintenance costs, the amortization of deferred maintenance costsextended long-term contracts and the temporary redeployment of 747-8F aircraft to the Charter segment during the first quarter of 2017.


Charter Segment

Charter Direct Contribution increased $10.3 million, or 13.1%, primarily due to increased commercial cargo demand, increased cargo and passenger demand fromflying for the AMC, lower costs related to crew training and higher commercial cargo Yields.  Partially offsetting these items were higher Heavy Maintenance costs and lower cargo and passenger rates from the AMC.

Dry Leasing Segment

Dry Leasing Direct Contribution increased $4.9$11.1 million, or 20.0%35.0%, primarily due to lower interest expense due to the scheduled repayment$5.0 million of debt related to Dry Leased 777-200LRF aircraft and the placement of 767-300 converted freighter aircraft.  Partially offsetting these items wererevenue from maintenance payments received related to the scheduled return of an aircraft during the first three quartersquarter of 2016.  There were no aircraft returned during2022 and lower interest expense related to the first three quartersscheduled repayment of 2017.debt.

Unallocated incomeexpenses and (income), net

Unallocated expenses net

Unallocated income and expenses,(income), net decreased $3.5increased $0.9 million, or 1.9%0.3%, primarily due to a 2016 change$40.9 million in control, as defined under certain benefit plans, related to the Amazon transactionCARES Act grant income recognized in 2021 (see Note 63 to our Financial Statements) and a 2016 accrual for legal matters.$4.6 million reduction in refunds of aircraft rent paid in previous years. Partially offsetting these items were higher costsa $15.2 million adjustment to paid time-off benefits that was recorded in 20172021 related to our new CBA, lower interest expense due to the Southern Air acquisition, unallocated interest expense, growth initiatives, amortizationadoption of the Amazon customer incentive asset, and legal and professional fees relatedamended accounting guidance for convertible notes on January 1, 2022 (see Note 3 to our request forFinancial Statements) and a preliminary injunction to stop the aforementioned labor-related operational disruptions.decrease in professional fees.

Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our Financial Statements presented in accordance with GAAP, we present certain non-GAAP financial measures to assist in the evaluation of our business performance. These non-GAAP financial measures include Adjusted Net Income, from continuing operations, net of taxes and Adjusted Diluted EPS from continuing operations, net ofand Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”), which exclude certain noncash income and expenses, and items impacting year-over-year comparisons of our results. These non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for Net Income and Diluted EPS from continuing operations, net of taxes and Diluted EPS from continuing operations, which are the most directly comparable measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

We use these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing the performance of our ongoing operations and in planning and forecasting future periods. These adjusted measures provide a more comparable basis to analyze operating results and earnings and are measures commonly used by shareholders to measure our performance. In addition, management’s incentive compensation will beis determined, in part, by using Adjusted Net Income from continuing operations, net of taxes.and Adjusted EBITDA. We believe that these adjusted measures, when considered together with the corresponding GAAP financial measures and the reconciliations to those measures, provide meaningful supplemental information to assist investors and analysts in understanding our business results and assessing our prospects for future performance.


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The following is a reconciliation of Net Income from continuing operations, net of taxes and Diluted EPS from continuing operations, net of taxes to the corresponding non-GAAP financial measures (see Note 14 to our Financial Statements for the calculation of Diluted EPS) (in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

Percent Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

 

$

60,100

 

 

 

$

119,535

 

 

 

(49.7

)%

Impact from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer incentive asset amortization

 

 

 

9,474

 

 

 

 

11,332

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to CBA paid time-off benefits (a)

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

15,150

 

 

 

 

Special charge (b)

 

 

 

6,299

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

Costs associated with transactions (c)

 

 

 

7,918

 

 

 

 

167

 

 

 

 

Noncash expenses and income, net (d)

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

4,821

 

 

 

 

Other, net (e)

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

(371

)

 

 

 

Income tax effect of reconciling items

 

 

 

(4,945

)

 

 

 

(5,189

)

 

 

 

Adjusted Net Income

 

 

$

78,846

 

 

 

$

145,445

 

 

 

(45.8

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average diluted shares outstanding

 

 

 

34,066

 

 

 

 

30,547

 

 

 

 

        Less: effect of convertible notes hedges (f)

 

 

 

(4,731

)

 

 

 

(717

)

 

 

 

Adjusted weighted average diluted shares outstanding

 

 

 

29,335

 

 

 

 

29,830

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Diluted EPS

 

 

$

2.69

 

 

 

$

4.88

 

 

 

(44.9

)%

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

Percent Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

 

$

229,869

 

 

 

$

316,578

 

 

 

(27.4

)%

Impact from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARES Act grant income (g)

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

(40,944

)

 

 

 

Customer incentive asset amortization

 

 

 

29,389

 

 

 

 

33,256

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to CBA paid time-off benefits (a)

 

 

 

2,154

 

 

 

 

15,150

 

 

 

 

Special charge (b)

 

 

 

8,932

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

Costs associated with transactions (c)

 

 

 

7,918

 

 

 

 

497

 

 

 

 

Noncash expenses and income, net (d)

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

14,239

 

 

 

 

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

113

 

 

 

 

Other, net (e)

 

 

 

(5,532

)

 

 

 

324

 

 

 

 

Income tax effect of reconciling items

 

 

 

(7,854

)

 

 

 

222

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Net Income

 

 

$

264,876

 

 

 

$

339,435

 

 

 

(22.0

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average diluted shares outstanding

 

 

 

34,143

 

 

 

 

30,117

 

 

 

 

        Less: effect of convertible notes hedges (f)

 

 

 

(4,831

)

 

 

 

(442

)

 

 

 

Adjusted weighted average diluted shares outstanding

 

 

 

29,312

 

 

 

 

29,675

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Diluted EPS

 

 

$

9.04

 

 

 

$

11.44

 

 

 

(21.0

)%

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

Percent Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

 

$

60,100

 

 

 

$

119,535

 

 

 

(49.7

)%

Interest expense, net

 

 

 

13,671

 

 

 

 

24,679

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

78,431

 

 

 

 

73,468

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

18,125

 

 

 

 

36,583

 

 

 

 

EBITDA

 

 

 

170,327

 

 

 

 

254,265

 

 

 

 

Customer incentive asset amortization

 

 

 

9,474

 

 

 

 

11,332

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to CBA paid time-off benefits (a)

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

15,150

 

 

 

 

Special charge (b)

 

 

 

6,299

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

Costs associated with transactions (c)

 

 

 

7,918

 

 

 

 

167

 

 

 

 

Other, net (e)

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

(371

)

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

$

194,018

 

 

 

$

280,543

 

 

 

(30.8

)%

30


 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

Percent Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

 

$

229,869

 

 

 

$

316,578

 

 

 

(27.4

)%

Interest expense, net

 

 

 

45,802

 

 

 

 

75,330

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

224,991

 

 

 

 

207,918

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

68,859

 

 

 

 

97,367

 

 

 

 

EBITDA

 

 

 

569,521

 

 

 

 

697,193

 

 

 

 

CARES Act grant income (g)

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

(40,944

)

 

 

 

Customer incentive asset amortization

 

 

 

29,389

 

 

 

 

33,256

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to CBA paid time-off benefits (a)

 

 

 

2,154

 

 

 

 

15,150

 

 

 

 

Special charge (b)

 

 

 

8,932

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

Costs associated with transactions (c)

 

 

 

7,918

 

 

 

 

497

 

 

 

 

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

113

 

 

 

 

Other, net (e)

 

 

 

(5,532

)

 

 

 

324

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

$

612,382

 

 

 

$

705,589

 

 

 

(13.2

)%

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

Percent Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

 

$

(24,195

)

 

 

$

(7,501

)

 

 

222.6

%

Impact from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss (gain) on disposal of aircraft

 

 

 

211

 

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

 

 

Costs associated with transactions (a)

 

 

 

1,355

 

 

 

 

30,074

 

 

 

 

 

Accrual for legal matters and professional fees

 

 

 

1,264

 

 

 

 

(210

)

 

 

 

 

Noncash expenses and income, net (b)

 

 

 

5,474

 

 

 

 

2,081

 

 

 

 

 

Charges associated with refinancing debt

 

 

 

167

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments

 

 

 

44,775

 

 

 

 

1,462

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax effect of reconciling items  (c)

 

 

 

643

 

 

 

 

1,531

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted income from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

 

$

29,694

 

 

 

$

27,426

 

 

 

8.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average diluted shares outstanding

 

 

 

25,262

 

 

 

 

24,840

 

 

 

 

 

Add: dilutive warrant

 

 

 

1,501

 

 

 

 

150

 

 

 

 

 

dilutive convertible notes

 

 

 

109

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

effect of convertible notes hedges (d)

 

 

 

(109

)

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

dilutive restricted stock

 

 

 

636

 

 

 

 

285

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted weighted average diluted shares outstanding

 

 

 

27,399

 

 

 

 

25,275

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Diluted EPS from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

 

$

1.08

 

 

 

$

1.09

 

 

 

(0.9

)%

(a)
Adjustments to CBA paid time-off benefits in 2022 and 2021 are related to our new CBA (see Note 12 to our Financial Statements).
(b)
Special charge in 2022 represented a charge related to three CF6-80 engines held for sale and two CF6-80 engines Dry Leased to a customer.
(c)
Costs associated with transactions in 2022 are related to our proposed Merger (see Note 2 to our Financial Statements). Costs associated with transactions in 2021 are related to our acquisition of an airline.
(d)
Noncash expenses and income, net in 2021 primarily related to amortization of debt discount on the convertible notes (see Note 8 to our Financial Statements).
(e)
Other, net in 2022 primarily related to a gain on the sale of six spare CF6-80 engines previously held for sale (see Note 7 to our Financial Statements) and a loss on early extinguishment of debt. Other, net in 2021 primarily related to leadership transition costs.
(f)
Represents the economic benefit from our convertible notes hedges in offsetting dilution from our convertible notes as we concluded that generally there would be no economic dilution result from conversion of each of the convertible notes when our stock price is below the exercise price of the respective convertible note warrants.
(g)
CARES Act grant income in 2021 related to income associated with the Payroll Support Program (see Note 3 to our Financial Statements).

 

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

Percent Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

 

$

14,884

 

 

 

$

13,889

 

 

 

7.2

%

Impact from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss (gain) on disposal of aircraft

 

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

 

 

Special charge

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

6,631

 

 

 

 

 

Costs associated with transactions (a)

 

 

 

3,666

 

 

 

 

47,655

 

 

 

 

 

Accrual for legal matters and professional fees

 

 

 

1,600

 

 

 

 

6,777

 

 

 

 

 

Noncash expenses and income, net (b)

 

 

 

11,537

 

 

 

 

5,807

 

 

 

 

 

Charges associated with refinancing debt

 

 

 

167

 

 

 

 

132

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments

 

 

 

36,225

 

 

 

 

(25,013

)

 

 

 

 

Income tax effect of reconciling items  (c)

 

 

 

(1,061

)

 

 

 

(535

)

 

 

 

 

Adjusted income from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

 

$

67,082

 

 

 

$

55,332

 

 

 

21.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average diluted shares outstanding

 

 

 

25,822

 

 

 

 

25,116

 

 

 

 

 

        Add: dilutive warrant

 

 

 

1,230

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

                 effect of convertible note hedges (d)

 

 

 

(36

)

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted weighted average diluted shares outstanding

 

 

 

27,016

 

 

 

 

25,116

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Diluted EPS from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

 

$

2.48

 

 

 

$

2.20

 

 

 

12.7

%

(a)

Costs associated with transactions in 2017 primarily related to our acquisition of Southern Air (see Note 4 to our Financial Statements).  Costs associated with transactions in 2016 primarily related to the Amazon transaction, including costs resulting from a change in control under certain benefit plans related to the Amazon transaction (see Note 6 to our Financial Statements), and our acquisition of Southern Air (see Note 4 to our Financial Statements).

(b)

Noncash expenses and income, net in 2017 primarily related to amortization of debt discount on the convertible notes (see Note 8 to our Financial Statements) and amortization of the customer incentive asset related to the Amazon Warrant (see Note 6 to our Financial Statements).  Noncash expenses and income, net in 2016 primarily related to amortization of debt discount on the convertible notes (see Note 8 to our Financial Statements).


(c)

Income tax effect of reconciling items is primarily impacted by a nondeductible customer incentive and nondeductible compensation expenses resulting from a change in control, as defined under certain of the Company’s benefit plans, both related to the Amazon transaction.

(d)

Impact of the economic benefit from the convertible note hedges in offsetting dilution from the convertible notes (see Note 8 to our Financial Statements).

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The most significant liquidity events during the first three quarters of 20172022 were as follows:

Debt TransactionsIn February 2022, we paid $100.0 million and received an initial delivery of 1,061,257 shares pursuant to an ASR under our new stock repurchase program approved by our board of directors, which authorized the repurchase of up to $200.0 million of our common stock. We subsequently settled the ASR in April 2022 and received an additional 172,887 shares of common stock. In the aggregate, we repurchased 1,234,144 shares (see Note 13 to our Financial Statements for a discussion of our ASR). In connection with the proposed Merger (see Note 2 to our Financial Statements), we have suspended the stock repurchase program.

In April 2022, we refinanced a term loan secured by a 747-8F aircraft and received proceeds of $90.0 million from a financing with an 84-month term for this aircraft at a blended fixed rate of 3.86% (see Note 8 to our Financial Statements).

In May 2017, we issued $289.0 million of 2017 Convertible Notes with a cash coupon of 1.875%.  In May 2017, we used the majority of the proceeds to repay $150.0 million then outstanding under the Revolver.

In June 2017,2022, we borrowed $18.7$140.0 million related to GEnx engine performance upgrade kits and overhaulsfor the delivery of one 747-8F aircraft under an unsecureda 12-year term loan due in May 2034 at a fixed interest rate of 2.17%4.17% (see Note 8 to our Financial Statements).

During the second and third quarter of 2017,In late September 2022, we borrowed an aggregate of $140.1made a $120.1 million through seven separate term loanspre-delivery payment related to a 747-8F aircraft. In early October 2022, we completed the purchaseacquisition of that aircraft and passenger-to-freighter conversionreceived proceeds from a 12-year term loan of 767-300 aircraft$140.0 million due in October 2034 at a fixed rates ranging from 3.02%interest rate of 5.73% (see Note 8 to 3.62%our Financial Statements).

In September 2017, we entered into the Private Placement Facility to finance up to $146.5 million for the purchase and passenger-to-freighter conversion of up to six 767-300 aircraft dry leased to Amazon.  In October 2017, we borrowed $72.6 million for the first three aircraft under the facility.

Operating Activities. Net cash provided by operating activities was $195.1$575.6 million for the first three quarters of 2017,2022, which primarily reflected $14.0 million of Net Income of $229.9 million, noncash adjustments of $142.0$262.9 million for Depreciation and amortization and $36.2$67.8 million for Unrealized loss on financial instruments,Deferred taxes, and a $30.4$49.1 million increasedecrease in Accounts receivable, partially offset by a $29.4 million decrease in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities.  Partially offsetting these items wasliabilities and a $53.3$17.0 million increase in Prepaid expenses, current assets and other assets. Net cash provided by operating activities was $100.8$608.9 million for the first three quarters of 2016,2021, which primarily reflected $13.1Net Income of $316.6 million of Net Income,and noncash adjustments of $124.2$265.2 million for Depreciation and amortization and $27.9$96.1 million for Stock-based compensation expense,Deferred taxes, partially offset by a $43.3 million increase in Prepaid expenses, current assets and other assets, a $32.8 million decrease in Accounts receivable.  Partially offsetting these items were a $79.7$19.4 million decrease in Accounts payable, and accrued liabilities and other liabilities and a noncash adjustment of $25.0$15.8 million for Unrealized gain on financial instruments.increase in Accounts receivable.

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Investing Activities. Net cash used for investing activities was $401.7$568.9 million for the first three quarters of 2017,2022, consisting primarily of $338.5$493.8 million of purchase deposits and payments for flight equipment and modifications and $66.4$79.2 million of payments for core capital expenditures, excluding flight equipment, partially offset by $13.5 million of proceeds from the disposal of flight equipment. PaymentsPurchase deposits and payments for flight equipment and modifications during the first three quarters of 20172022 were primarily related to the purchasedelivery of 767-300 passengerone 747-8F aircraft, 747-8F and related freighter conversion costs,777-200LRF aircraft pre-delivery payments and spare engines and GEnx engine performance upgrade kits.engines. All capital expenditures for 20172022 were funded through working capital and the term loansfinancings discussed above. Net cash used for investing activities was $372.6$403.1 million for the first three quarters of 2016,2021, consisting primarily of $237.1$346.0 million of purchase deposits and payments for flight equipment $107.5and modifications and $64.1 million related to the Southern Air acquisition, and $36.9 million of payments for core capital expenditures, excluding flight equipment.  Partially offsetting these investing activities were $8.8equipment, partially offset by $9.5 million of proceeds from investments.the disposal of aircraft. Purchase deposits and payments for flight equipment and modifications during the first three quarters of 2021 were primarily related to pre-delivery payments, spare engines and GEnx engine performance upgrade kits

Financing Activities. Net cash provided byused for financing activities was $244.6$451.7 million for the first three quarters of 2017,2022, which primarily reflected $580.4 million of payments on debt, $100.0 million related to the purchase of treasury stock and $12.1 million related to treasury shares withheld for payment of taxes, partially offset by $230.0 million of proceeds from debt issuance of $447.9 million, $38.1 million from the sale of convertible note warrants and $22.0$12.9 million of customer maintenance reserves and deposits received, partially offset by $153.3 million of payments on debt obligations and $70.1 million for the purchase of convertible note hedges.received. Net cash used for financing activities was $51.6$278.0 million for the first three quarters of 2016,2021, which primarily reflected $135.8$271.1 million of payments on debt, $35.6 million in payments of maintenance reserves and $7.4 million related to treasury shares withheld for payment of taxes, partially offset by $84.8$23.9 million of proceeds from debt issuance.issuance and $13.5 million of customer maintenance reserves and deposits received.

We consider Cash and cash equivalents, Short-term investments, Restricted cash and Net cash provided by operating activities and availability under our revolving credit facility to be sufficient to meet our debt and lease obligations and to fund core capital expenditures for 2017, and to pay amounts due related to the settlement of the U.S. class action litigation.2022. Core capital expenditures for the remainder of 20172022 are expected to range between $10.0from $40.0 to $15.0$50.0 million, which excludes flight equipment and capitalized interest. Our payments remainingCommitted capital expenditures for flight equipment purchase and passenger-to-freighter conversion commitmentsfor the remainder of 2022 are expected to be approximately $143.8$261.8 million.

Committed capital expenditures include pre-delivery and delivery payments for the purchase of the remaining two new 747-8F and four new 777-200LRF aircraft from Boeing, and other agreements to acquire spare engines. We have obtained a bank commitment for a $135.0 million 12-year term loan for the first 777-200LRF aircraft to be delivered and expect to finance the remaining aircraft delivery payments through secured debt financing. The remaining two 747-8F aircraft are expected to be delivered during the fourth quarter of which approximately $63.5 million2022 and first quarter of 2023. The first 777-200LRF aircraft is expected to be made during 2017.  We expect to financedelivered late in the acquisitionfourth quarter of 2022 and conversion of this flight equipment with working capital prior to obtaining permanent financing for the converted aircraft.remaining three throughout 2023.


We may access external sources of capital from time to time depending on our cash requirements, assessments of current and anticipated market conditions, and the after-tax cost of capital. To that end, we filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC in May 2017April 2020 that enables us to sell a yet to be determined amount of debt and/or equity securities on a registered basis over the subsequent three years, depending on market conditions, our capital needs and other factors. Our access to capital markets can be adversely impacted by prevailing economic conditions and by financial, business and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. Additionally, our borrowing costs are affected by market conditions and may be adversely impacted by a tightening in credit markets.

We do not expect to pay any significant U.S. federal income tax until 2025 or later.for at least several years. Our business operations are subject to income tax in several foreign jurisdictions.jurisdictions and in many states. We do not expect to pay any significant cash income taxes in foreign jurisdictions for at least several years.years in these foreign jurisdictions and states. We currently do not intend tomay repatriate cash from certainthe unremitted earnings of our foreign subsidiaries that is indefinitely reinvested outsideto the extent taxes are insignificant. The U.S. Any repatriation of cash from these subsidiaries or certain changes in U.S.and numerous other countries are currently considering tax lawsreform, which could result in additionalsignificant changes to U.S. and international tax expense.laws. The potential enactment of these laws could have a material impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition. We continue to monitor developments and assess the impact to us.

Contractual Obligations andDescription of Debt Agreements

See Note 8 to our Financial Statements for a description of our new debt obligations.debt. See our 20162021 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a tabular disclosuredescription of our contractualdebt obligations and amendments thereto as of December 31, 2016 and a description of our other debt obligations and amendments thereto.2021.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

There were no material changes into our off-balance sheet arrangements during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.2022.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 23 to our Financial Statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Report”), as well as other reports, releases and written and oral communications

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issued or made from time to time by or on behalf of AAWW, contain statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements are based on management’s beliefs, plans, expectations and assumptions, and on information currently available to management. Generally, the words “will,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “continue,” “believe,” “seek,” “project,” “estimate” and similar expressions used in this Report that do not relate to historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements in this Report are not representations or guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Such risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to: the risk that the proposed Merger may not be completed in a timely manner or at all; the failure to receive, on a timely basis or otherwise, the required approvals of the proposed Merger by AAWW’s stockholders; the possibility that any or all of the various conditions to the consummation of the proposed Merger may not be satisfied or waived, including the failure to receive any required regulatory approvals from any applicable governmental entities (or any conditions, limitations or restrictions placed on such approvals); the possibility that competing offers or acquisition proposals for AAWW will be made; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement relating to the proposed Merger, including in circumstances which would require AAWW to pay a termination fee; incurring substantial costs related to the proposed Merger, such as legal, accounting, financial advisory and integration costs; the effect of the announcement, pendency of the proposed Merger, or any failure to successfully complete the proposed Merger on AAWW’s ability to attract, motivate or retain key executives, pilots and associates, its ability to maintain relationships with its customers, including Amazon.com, Inc., vendors, service providers and others with whom it does business, or its operating results and business generally; risks related to the proposed Merger diverting management’s attention from AAWW’s ongoing business operations; the risk of shareholder litigation in connection with the proposed Merger, including resulting expense or delay; and those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2021 and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Many of such factors are beyond AAWW’s control and are difficult to predict. As a result, AAWW’s future actions, financial position, results of operations and the market price for shares of AAWW’s common stock could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Readers are therefore cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Report. AAWW does not intend to publicly update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by, or on behalf of, AAWW, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.law and expressly disclaims any obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement to reflect future events or circumstances.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

There have been no material changes to our market risk during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.2022. For additional discussion of our exposure to market risk, refer to Part II, Item 7A “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” included in our 20162021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, and Chief Financial Officer, or CFO, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d - 15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of September 30, 2017.2022. Based on that evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in


reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended September 30, 20172022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II — OTHEROTHER INFORMATION

With respect to the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2017,2022, the information required in response to this Item is set forth in Note 1312 to our Financial Statements and such information is incorporated herein by reference. Such description contains all of the information required with respect hereto.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

For

There have been no material changes in our risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, please refer todisclosed in our 20162021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.10-K, except as noted below.

Risks Related to the Proposed Merger

The Merger may not be completed on the terms or timeline currently contemplated or at all, which could adversely affect our stock price, business, financial condition and results of operations.

On August 4, 2022, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement, which provides that the consummation of the Merger is subject to certain conditions, including (i) the absence of any law, order, judgment, decree, injunction or ruling prohibiting the consummation of the Merger; (ii) the accuracy of the other party’s representations and warranties (subject to certain materiality qualifiers); (iii) the other party’s compliance in all material respects with its pre-closing covenants; (iv) obtaining the approval of our stockholders; and (v) receipt of certain required regulatory approvals and the expiration or termination of any waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of the Merger under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. While it is currently anticipated that the Merger will be consummated during or before the first quarter of 2023, there can be no assurance that the foregoing conditions will be satisfied in a timely manner or at all, or that an effect, event, development or change will not transpire that could delay or prevent these conditions from being satisfied.

If the Merger is not consummated for any reason, the trading price of our common stock may decline to the extent that the market price of the common stock reflects positive market assumptions that the Merger will be consummated and the related benefits will be realized. We may also be subject to additional risks if the Merger is not completed, including:

the requirement in the Merger Agreement that, under certain circumstances, we pay Parent a termination fee of $97.5 million in cash;
incurring substantial costs related to the Merger, such as financial advisory, legal, accounting and other professional services fees that have already been incurred or will continue to be incurred until closing;
limitations on our ability to retain and hire key personnel;
reputational harm including relationships with investors, customers and business partners due to the adverse perception of any failure to successfully complete the Merger; and
potential disruption to our business and distraction of our workforce and management team to pursue other opportunities that could be beneficial to us, in each case without realizing any of the benefits of having the Merger completed.

Further, we or Parent may terminate the Merger Agreement if the Merger has not been consummated by March 4, 2023 (subject to (i) an automatic extension until June 4, 2023 if all closing conditions other than those relating to a clearance, consent or restraint in respect of any antitrust law have not been received, (ii) a further extension to August 4, 2023 at the option of Parent or the Company if such regulatory closing conditions have not been satisfied, and (iii) whether or not otherwise extended, in the event that the marketing period for Parent’s debt financing has commenced but has not completed, an extension, in Parent’s sole discretion, until four business days following the then-scheduled expiration of the marketing period, the “Outside Date”). We or Parent also may terminate the Merger Agreement (i) by mutual written consent; (ii) if there is a final and nonappealable judgment enacted, promulgated, issued, entered, amended or enforced by any governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any applicable law enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger; (iii) if our stockholder’s meeting (including any adjournments or postponements thereof) shall have concluded and the Company stockholder approval shall not have been obtained; or (iv) if the other party has breached its representations or warranties or failed to perform any of its covenants or agreements in a way that would prevent satisfaction of a closing condition by the Outside Date and such breach or failure to perform cannot be cured within 35 calendar days following receipt of written notice of such breach or failure to perform and an intent to terminate the Merger Agreement. The occurrence of the aforementioned could adversely affect our stock price, business, financial condition and results of operations

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The announcement of the Merger Agreement and pendency of the Merger could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The announcement or pendency of the Merger could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and may result in our inability to hire or the departure of key personnel. In connection with the Merger, some of our customers and business partners may delay or defer decisions or may end their relationships with us, which could negatively affect our revenues, earnings and cash flows, regardless of whether the Merger is completed. In addition, we have undertaken certain covenants in the Merger Agreement restricting the conduct of our business during the pendency of the Merger, including restrictions on undertaking certain significant financing transactions and certain other actions, even if such actions would prove beneficial to us. Similarly, our current and prospective employees may experience uncertainty about their future roles with us following the Merger, which may materially adversely affect our ability to attract and retain key personnel during the pendency of the Merger.

Our directors and executive officers have interests in the Merger that may be different from, or in addition to, the interests of our other stockholders.

Our directors and executive officers have financial interests in the Merger that may be different from, or in addition to, the interests of our other stockholders. These interests may include:

the treatment of Company equity awards and long-term incentive cash awards provided for under the Merger Agreement;
severance and other benefits in the case of certain qualifying terminations under the terms of an individual employment agreement or the Company’s severance plans;
cash-based retention bonuses under a program established for the benefit of certain Company employees;
each participant (including each executive officer) in the Company’s annual bonus plan will be eligible for an annual bonus for the year in which the effective time occurs if such participant is terminated prior to the date such bonuses are earned and he or she otherwise qualifies for severance; and
continued indemnification and insurance coverage under the Merger Agreement, the Company’s organizational documents and indemnification agreements the Company has entered into with each of its directors and executive officers.

Litigation challenging the Merger Agreement may prevent the Merger from being consummated within the expected timeframe or at all.

Lawsuits have been filed (see Note 12 to our Financial Statements for further discussion) and additional lawsuits may in the future be filed against us, our Board of Directors or other parties to the Merger Agreement, challenging our acquisition by Parent, or making other claims in connection with the Merger. Such lawsuits have been brought by purported stockholders, and additional lawsuits may be brought by purported stockholders or other interested parties, seeking, among other things, to enjoin consummation of the Merger. One of the conditions to the consummation of the Merger is that the consummation of the Merger is not restrained, made illegal, enjoined or prohibited by any order or legal or regulatory restraint or prohibition of a court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental entity. As such, if the plaintiffs in such current or potential lawsuits are successful in obtaining an injunction prohibiting the defendants from completing the Merger on the agreed upon terms, then such injunction may prevent the Merger from becoming effective within the expected timeframe or at all.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

a.

Exhibits

a.
Exhibits

See accompanying Exhibit Index included afterbefore the signature page of this report for a list of exhibits filed or furnished with this report.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

 

 

 

2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 4, 2022, by and among Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Rand Parent, LLC and Rand Merger Sub, Inc., which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Atlas Air Worldwide Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2022.**

31.1

3.1

 

Amendment to the Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. By-Laws, Amended and Restated as of September 19, 2014, and as Further Amended as of December 12, 2016, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Atlas Air Worldwide Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2022.

10.1

Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2022, by and between Atlas Air, Inc. and John W. Dietrich.

10.2

Amendment to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 2018 Incentive Plan effective September 16, 2022.

10.3

Amendment to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. Benefits Programs for Senior Executives, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents and Staff Vice Presidents, effective September 16, 2022.

31.1

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.

 

 

 

31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.

 

 

 

32.1

 

Section 1350 Certifications.

 

 

 

101.INS

 

Inline XBRL Instance Document.Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. *

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. *

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. *

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. *

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document. *

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. *

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document (included in Exhibit 101).

*

Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, (v) Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 and (vi) Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.


SIGNATURES

* Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following formatted in Inline XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, (v) Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 and (vi) Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

** Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally to the SEC a copy of any omitted schedule upon request by the SEC.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

Dated: November 7, 20173, 2022

 

/s/ William J. FlynnJohn W. Dietrich

 

 

William J. FlynnJohn W. Dietrich

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Dated: November 7, 20173, 2022

 

/s/ Spencer Schwartz

 

 

Spencer Schwartz

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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