The two major airline companies have finalized their financial results for the nine months ending in December of last year, and as passenger demand has increased significantly in Japan and overseas, both sales and final profits have increased significantly compared to the same period the previous year. Ta.
The group-wide financial results for the two major airline companies for the nine months ending December last year show that Japan Airlines had sales of 1,249.3 billion yen, an increase of 24% from the same period the previous year, and a final profit of 85.8 billion yen. This is an increase of over 5.2 times from the previous year.
In addition, ANA Holdings' sales were 1,543.5 billion yen, an increase of 22% from the same period last year, and final profit was 148.9 billion yen, more than 2.3 times the previous year's profit.
This is due to an increase in passenger demand on international flights, mainly for inbound tourists and business travelers, and an increase in unit prices, as well as an increase in the number of passengers on domestic flights, mainly for leisure travelers.
On the other hand, as foreign airlines increase the number of international flights as normalization progresses after the coronavirus pandemic, there is also a trend toward lower unit prices on North American routes.
Kimihiro Nakahori, group CFO of ANA Holdings, said at a press conference on January 31, ``The supply and demand balance is starting to loosen on some international routes.We don't expect sales to grow as much as before in the fourth quarter ending in March. "There is," he said.