Compared with the corresponding 1994 quarter, the economy expanded by 1.8 percent in the 1995 period.
The company's revenue was $2.63 billion in the corresponding quarter last year.
The results compared with a loss of $74 million in the corresponding quarter last year.
In the corresponding quarter a year ago, the company had a loss of $12.2 million.
New orders grew just 1 percent from the corresponding quarter a year earlier.
The company earned $462 million, or $2.79 a share, in the corresponding quarter last year.
The average of 10 major airlines was 1.44, up from 0.95 for the corresponding quarter last year.
The airline lost $19.3 million in the corresponding quarter last year.
Profits in the corresponding quarter last year were $24.7 million.
In the corresponding quarter a year ago, the company lost $34.6 million.