CHICAGO (AP) — CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines Holdings Inc. (UAL) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.04 billion.

The Chicago-based company said it had profit of $3.19 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains and pretax gains, were $3.10 per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.98 per share.

The airline posted revenue of $15.4 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $15.38 billion.

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