Reuters: Global Markets: Atlas Air cuts forecast on air cargo market softness

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Atlas Air cuts forecast on air cargo market softness Nov 1st 2012, 14:36 Thu Nov 1, 2012 10:36am EDT (Reuters) - Cargo carrier Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc (AAWW.O) reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday and cut its full-year forecast, citing a soft air freight market, and its shares fell 16 percent. Atlas Air, which provides charter freight services to commercial airlines and the U.S. military, said it expected full-year earnings to exceed $4.65 a share, compared with an August forecast of more than $5.10. A number of cargo carriers have noted weakness in demand lately. Last month, the International Air Transport Association revised its outlook for cargo, saying the sector would have a 0.4 percent contraction in 2012 instead of 0.3 percent growth as previously forecast. By value, about 40 percent of internationally shipped goods go by air, and cargo demand is seen as a barometer for world trade and the health of the economy. Net income at Atlas Air was $33.9 million, or $1.27 a share, in the third quarter, compared with $28.2 million, or $1.07 a share, a year earlier. Adjusted for special items, the profit was $1.26 a share, while analysts on average were expecting $1.35, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Revenue rose 13 percent to $409.3 million, shy of the $415.2 million that analysts had forecast. Shares of Atlas Air were down 16 percent at $46.17 in morning trading. (Reporting by Karen Jacobs; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Lisa Von Ahn) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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