SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Equity [Abstract]

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Dividends

During the three months ended September 30, 2017, the Company declared and paid cash dividends of $0.30 per share, or $37 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company declared and paid cash dividends of $0.90 per share, or $111 million.

Common Stock Repurchase

In August 2015, the Board of Directors authorized a $1 billion share repurchase program. The program was paused in the second quarter of 2016 in anticipation of the acquisition of Virgin America. The Company resumed the share repurchase program in the second quarter of 2017. As of September 30, 2017, the Company has repurchased 4.7 million shares for $363 million under this program. Subsequent to September 30, 2017, the Company repurchased an additional 369,182 shares for $25 million.

Share repurchase activity (in millions, except share amounts):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
	Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount
2015 Repurchase Program—$1 billion	355,415	$	28	—	$	—	612,095	$	50	2,594,809	$	193

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax (in millions):

	September 30, 2017			December 31, 2016
Marketable securities	$	—		$	(3	)
Employee benefit plans	(287		)	(299		)
Interest rate derivatives	(2		)	(3		)
Total	$	(289	)	$	(305	)

Earnings Per Share ("EPS")

Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing net income by the average number of common shares outstanding plus the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding assuming the exercise of in-the-money stock options and restricted stock units, using the treasury-stock method. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, anti-dilutive shares excluded from the calculation of EPS were not material.