WILMINGTON — Air Transport Services Group, Inc., a provider of medium wide-body freighter aircraft leasing, air cargo transportation and related services, today reported consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30.

For the second quarter of 2015, compared with the second quarter of 2014 (except as noted):

• Pre-tax earnings from continuing operations increased 17 percent to $17.2 million, including a 35 percent increase in Cargo Aircraft Management’s pre-tax earnings, driven by eight additional freighters leased to external customers.

• Net earnings from continuing operations increased 14 percent to $10.6 million, or 16 cents per diluted share. Operating loss carryforwards for U.S. federal income tax purposes offset much of the company’s federal tax liabilities. ATSG does not expect to pay significant federal income taxes until 2017 at the earliest.

• Consolidated revenues were approximately flat at $148.4 million. Excluding revenues from reimbursed expenses, revenues increased 3 percent. Revenues from cargo aircraft leasing were up 12 percent.

• Adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) increased 13 percent to $51.2 million, and increased 16 percent to $97.7 million year to date. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure, defined and reconciled to comparable GAAP results in a table at the end of this release.

“Our record first-half Adjusted EBITDA stems from a combination of improved airline operations and continued growth in aircraft leasing, leading us closer to full deployment of our available aircraft and reflects strong appetites from current and new customers for more of our highly efficient Boeing 767 freighters and related services,” said Joe Hete, President and Chief Executive Officer of ATSG.

The second quarter marked the commencement of a new four-year commercial agreement governing air network services that ATSG provides to DHL. It began with 15 dry leases for Boeing 767 freighters dedicated to DHL through March 2019, currently operating in its U.S. network.

DHL added a 16th dry lease, a 767-300 freighter delivered in June, and we expect to place two additional 767-300s, both under eight-year lease terms, during the fourth quarter of 2015. Accordingly, ATSG has purchased two more passenger-configured 767-300s for freighter conversion to meet DHL’s requirement.