compared with an $852 million pro-forma profit for
the same period last year. The combined carrier's third-quarter yield, or
average per-mile fare, grew 11 percent from the same period last year,
according to pro-forma results. Corporate yield, meanwhile, grew 13 percent
year over year, according to United executive vice president and chief revenue
officer Jim Compton. Despite softness in demand from the financial services
sector,
similarly highlighted by Delta Air Lines, United is "not seeing a
reduction in business demand," CEO Jeff Smisek said during the company's
third-quarter earnings call.