united airlines holdings inc late wednesday reported a narrowerthanexpected quarterly loss and sales came in above wall street expectations but the air carrier said it was postponing capacity increases until later in the year due to omicron united said it lost 646 million or 199 a share in the fourth quarter compared with a loss of 19 billion or 639 a share in the yearago period adjusted for onetime items the air carrier lost 160 a share sales reached 82 billion in the quarter from 34 billion a year ago but down from fourthquarter 2019 sales of 109 billion analysts polled by factset had expected the airline to report an adjusted loss of 209 a share on sales of 8 billion shares of united fell more than 2 in the extended session wednesday after ending the regular trading day down 27 united said it expects that its fullyear 2022 capacity will be lower than 2019’s and its previously planned capacity increases are delayed to later in 2022 due to omicron united’s earnings follows delta’s last week with delta reporting betterthanexpected fourthquarter results but sounding cautious on firstquarter prospects due to the impact of omicron on air travel