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| I'm not going to go out and pontificate whether or not it's going to be positive for the year, but it's going to be a very, very strong year in terms of domestic results |
| Our target is to get to the mid-teens and some of the things that's going to help us get there to continue moving that bar are the margin opportunities that we have around efficiency, around optimization, around improved revenue diversity and improved premium as well as the health of the balance sheet that will continue to contribute that |
| EPS, we've been outperforming each of these -- the numbers that we -- the numbers we put here are better than what we told the market in both '22 and '23 |
| We've got a tremendous amount of momentum that we've created in the business |
| So very excited about that |
| And we're expecting that this summer is Transpacific will be the best returns in our company's history |
| We were expecting based on some really strong demand strong reliability to come into the top half of that range, which is good because oil prices have also moved up over the course of the quarter |
| I don't think people paid a whole lot of attention to these numbers, but I'm really proud of what we've done in terms of delivering on our commitments |
| We went into it with a relatively strong balance sheet that enabled us to get through COVID in a stronger light |
| We're seeing some of the fastest opportunities for growth, whether it's in loyalty, whether it's in international, whether it's in business that continues to improve, that we've seen here in quite a long period of time |
| The reliability that our team is providing is best-in-class across the industry and leading on every metric that you can imagine, that reliability is actually even better than where we were in the pre-COVID era |
| So the team is delivering in a very, very nice way |
| Demand is strong |
| So when you think about the strength of the bookings and the confidence that we have in our outlook, looking forward, we feel really good about demand |
| And that's setting us on a great platform for continued improvement in the underlying permits of the business |
| Start domestically, I think we talked earlier, it's a very strong domestic market and really the hallmarks there are continued strength in premium products and growing demand for corporate travel and the more traditional corporate have all the Fortune 500 companies |
| I think the industry needs to collectively do well, and that was going to be the Delta's benefit as well |
| At Delta, it's the strength of our brand |
| So we believe quite strongly that we have a very compelling investment thesis here at Delta, and I'm going to walk you through a little bit of that to start the conversation that we'll carry on into Q&A |
| But to get to the back end of this and to be now 4 years beyond that and say the delta is actually stronger for having gone through this is a testament to our people and the great work that our team is doing, and we are |
| Our operational performance is better than ever |
| The demand strength that we see is better than ever |
| The opportunities for continued improvement are stronger |
| And we feel really good about the outlook, recognizing that this is a very different airline that you're looking at compared to the past, and we expect to continue to grow in that manner |
| Our brand is transcending this industry, and it's really great to see that delta difference in action |
| It's the highest margin that we produced, and it's the fastest-growing part of our cabin |
| But we -- this company throughout the last decade was very clear about once we get our balance sheet in a really good position that an outsized amount of the free cash should go to our owners and to the same management team standing here today |
| We have our core hub structure still not even at 100% yet in places like Atlanta and Detroit, Minneapolis that we're continuing to invest in and grow those will all yield outsized gains |
| And so that's actually been a very good piece of our business for the March and beyond period |
| That's 5 full points above our weighted average cost of capital, and we think there's opportunities for that to continue to improve as margins continue to improve in the business, no airline has -- anywhere has a return of greater than 5 points or anywhere close to 5 points above our cost of capital |
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| Jamie Baker Ed, so 1 area of pushback that I've received and more at the industry level than Delta-specific is that the ability to further expand margins is hampered |
| Some parts of the industry, there continues to be challenges |
| Can you confirm that? And should we expect domestic RASM to remain positive for the rest of this year, at least as far as your visibility extends? And then second, 1 of the other presenting airlines today did cite some softness in close-in leisure |
| Maintenance, we know has been tough for the industry and supply chain |
| Economic volatility in our business is 1 thing that historically has kept investors away from our stock |
| So it could very well be that you're also seeing that weakness, but it was more than made up for by premium, by international and so forth |
| I think that clock is actually mistaken because we're done |
| And we're looking at unit revenues that are down low single digits on capacity increases that are somewhere between 30% and 50% |
| And you'd have to go back to the recovery period following the financial crisis to find a derating of that magnitude |
| That comes down in the third quarter and beyond as it looks today to us |
| And since that time, I mean, international returns have only grown stronger |
| And that was a function of needing to get out ahead to try to because demand was coming back far faster than capabilities, and we had to hire an enormous amount of people |
| So I'm happy to be here, but if it sounds like I'm frustrated with current multiples, it's because I am |
| The premium market has exploded for lack of a better term, loyalty returns significantly higher |
| We did not furlough a single employee in the airline as a result |
| The pandemic was declared emergency |
| And the last thing that we need right now is to top and get distracted as to trying to figure out who gets what share of what and how to kind of start to take it apart |
| We think about that not just professionally but personally, all the loss that we've gone through |
| Jamie Baker Glen, a couple of demand questions that I've fielded this morning from clients |
| This conference was the first conference shut down |
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