The earnings forecast for this year announced by ANA Holdings on the 29th has turned the final profit and loss into a deficit of 100 billion yen, re-emphasizing the predicament of the aviation industry.
Next week, Japan Airlines is also planning to announce its financial results, and the focus will be on how to explain the earnings forecast for this year.
At ANA Holdings, President Shinya Katanozaka held a press conference on the 29th, and in this year's financial results, it is clear that the final profit and loss of the entire group will turn into a deficit of 100 billion yen, turning from the previous surplus forecast. I made it.
In addition, as part of the business structural reform, we have announced a policy to reduce the number of ANA and its affiliated employees by about 9,000 by 2025 by curbing new hires and retiring from retirement age.
This downward revision of the earnings forecast has re-emphasized the predicament of the aviation industry amid the prolonged effects of the new coronavirus.
Following ANA, Japan Airlines is planning to announce the interim financial results for this year next week.
According to the people concerned, the recovery of the number of passengers on both domestic and international flights has been delayed, so it is inevitable that the content will be severe.
Until now, Japan Airlines has forgotten to disclose its earnings forecast for the current fiscal year as "reasonable calculation is difficult", but the focus will be on how to explain it in line with the announcement of the interim financial results at the turning point. increase.