COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Comprehensive income includes changes in the fair value of certain financial derivative instruments that qualify for hedge accounting, unrealized gains and losses on certain investments, and actuarial gains/losses arising from the Company’s postretirement benefit obligation. The differences between Net income and Comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | Three months ended September 30, | (in millions) | 2018 | | 2017 | NET INCOME | $ | 615 |
| | $ | 528 |
| Unrealized gain on fuel derivative instruments, net of deferred taxes of $32 and $73 | 107 |
| | 123 |
| Unrealized gain on interest rate derivative instruments, net of deferred taxes of $- and $- | 1 |
| | 2 |
| Other, net of deferred taxes of $1 and $2 | 6 |
| | 2 |
| Total other comprehensive income | $ | 114 |
| | $ | 127 |
| COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | $ | 729 |
| | $ | 655 |
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| | | | | | | | | | Nine months ended September 30, | (in millions) | 2018 | | 2017 | NET INCOME | $ | 1,811 |
| | $ | 1,610 |
| Unrealized gain on fuel derivative instruments, net of deferred taxes of $123 and $105 | 404 |
| | 178 |
| Unrealized gain on interest rate derivative instruments, net of deferred taxes of $1 and $2 | 5 |
| | 5 |
| Other, net of deferred taxes of $1 and $2 | 9 |
| | 4 |
| Total other comprehensive income | $ | 418 |
| | $ | 187 |
| COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | $ | 2,229 |
| | $ | 1,797 |
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A rollforward of the amounts included in AOCI is shown below for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (in millions) | Fuel derivatives | | Interest rate derivatives | | Defined benefit plan items | | Other | | Deferred tax | | Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | Balance at June 30, 2018 | $ | 365 |
| | $ | (2 | ) | | $ | (9 | ) | | $ | 36 |
| | $ | (92 | ) | | $ | 298 |
| Changes in fair value | 159 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 7 |
| | (38 | ) | | 128 |
| Reclassification to earnings | (20 | ) | | 1 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 5 |
| | (14 | ) | Balance at September 30, 2018 | $ | 504 |
| | $ | (1 | ) | | $ | (9 | ) | | $ | 43 |
| | $ | (125 | ) | | $ | 412 |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (in millions) | Fuel derivatives | | Interest rate derivatives | | Defined benefit plan items | | Other | | Deferred tax | | Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | Balance at December 31, 2017 | $ | 3 |
| | $ | (7 | ) | | $ | (9 | ) | | $ | 33 |
| | $ | (8 | ) | | $ | 12 |
| ASU 2017-12 adoption adjustment (a) | (26 | ) | | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 6 |
| | (20 | ) | ASU 2018-02 stranded AOCI adoption adjustment (b) | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 2 |
| | 2 |
| Changes in fair value | 559 |
| | 2 |
| | — |
| | 10 |
| | (132 | ) | | 439 |
| Reclassification to earnings | (32 | ) | | 4 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 7 |
| | (21 | ) | Balance at September 30, 2018 | $ | 504 |
| | $ | (1 | ) | | $ | (9 | ) | | $ | 43 |
| | $ | (125 | ) | | $ | 412 |
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(a) The Company adopted the New Hedging Standard as of January 1, 2018. See Note 2 for further information on this adoption. (b) The Company adopted the Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from AOCI as of January 1, 2018, which allowed the Company to reclassify to Retained earnings any tax effects stranded in AOCI as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted in December 2017.
The following tables illustrate the significant amounts reclassified out of each component of AOCI for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018:
| | | | | | | | Three months ended September 30, 2018 | (in millions) | | Amounts reclassified from AOCI | | Affected line item in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income | AOCI components | | | Unrealized gain on fuel derivative instruments | | $ | (20 | ) | | Fuel and oil expense | | | (5 | ) | | Less: Tax expense | | | $ | (15 | ) | | Net of tax | Unrealized loss on interest rate derivative instruments | | $ | 1 |
| | Interest expense | | | — |
| | Less: Tax expense | | | $ | 1 |
| | Net of tax | | | | | | Total reclassifications for the period | | $ | (14 | ) | | Net of tax |
| | | | | | | | Nine months ended September 30, 2018 | (in millions) | | Amounts reclassified from AOCI | | Affected line item in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income | AOCI components | | | Unrealized gain on fuel derivative instruments | | $ | (32 | ) | | Fuel and oil expense | | | (8 | ) | | Less: Tax Expense | | | $ | (24 | ) | | Net of tax | Unrealized loss on interest rate derivative instruments | | $ | 4 |
| | Interest expense | | | 1 |
| | Less: Tax Expense | | | $ | 3 |
| | Net of tax | | | | | | Total reclassifications for the period | | $ | (21 | ) | | Net of tax |
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