LATAM Airlines posts $2.5 billion profit after emerging from bankruptcy

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -LATAM Airlines reported a fourth-quarter net profit of $2.538 billion, the company said on Thursday, and said the results reflected all financial renegotiations stemming from its bankruptcy proceedings.

圣地亚哥（路透社）——拉丁美洲航空公司周四表示，第四季度净利润为 25.38 亿美元，并表示该结果反映了其破产程序引发的所有财务重新谈判。

The quarterly profit of South Americas leading airline compares to a loss of $2.755 billion during the same three-month period a year earlier.

南美洲领先航空公司的季度利润与去年同期的 27.55 亿美元亏损相比。

However the company will propose not to pay out dividends and instead use its 2022 profits to offset accumulated losses, it said in a securities filing later on Thursday.

然而，该公司在周四晚些时候的一份证券备案文件中表示，该公司将提议不支付股息，而是使用其 2022 年的利润来抵消累计亏损。

“Profits for the year ended December 31, 2022 must be used primarily to absorb such losses,” it said.

“截至 2022 年 12 月 31 日止年度的利润必须主要用于吸收此类损失，”它说。

The airline, created by the 2012 merger of Chiles LAN with Brazilian rival TAM, operates units in Chile, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.

该航空公司由 chiles lan 与巴西竞争对手 tam 于 2012 年合并而成，在智利、巴西、哥伦比亚和秘鲁设有分支机构。

Revenue for Santiago-based LATAM during the quarter rose about 38% to $2.75 billion from the year-ago period.

本季度总部位于圣地亚哥的 latam 的收入同比增长约 38% 至 27.5 亿美元。

Last November, LATAM announced the completion of a years-long restructuring process after it declared bankruptcy in 2020.

去年 11 月，latam 在 2020 年宣布破产后宣布完成了长达数年的重组过程。

Chief Financial Officer Ramiro Alfonsin told reporters at a news conference on Thursday that “all renegotiations since we left Chapter 11” bankruptcy protection are now reflected in the quarters income statement as profits.

首席财务官拉米罗·阿方辛 (ramiro alfonsin) 周四在新闻发布会上告诉记者，“自我们离开第 11 章以来的所有重新谈判”破产保护现在都在季度损益表中反映为利润。

The companys operating result – which excludes the restructuring process – reached $139 million in the quarter, according to the airline.

据该航空公司称，该公司本季度的经营业绩（不包括重组过程）达到 1.39 亿美元。

Meanwhile, LATAMS total costs for the quarter stood at $2.6 billion, almost in line with pre-pandemic levels, despite a nearly two-thirds increase in fuel costs between 2019 and 2022.

与此同时，latams 本季度的总成本为 26 亿美元，几乎与大流行前的水平持平，尽管 2019 年至 2022 年间燃料成本增加了近三分之二。

(Reporting by Fabian Cambero; Writing by Carolina Pulice; Editing by David Alire Garcia and Sonali Paul)

（fabian cambero 报道；carolina pulice 撰写；david alire garcia 和 sonali paul 编辑）