Qantas profits quadruple despite superjumbo scare
Qantas profits quadruple despite superjumbo scare
Australian airline Qantas shrugged off a safety scare involving its flagship A380 superjumbos to post a four-fold increase in half-year net profits to Aus1 million (0.6 million) on Thursday.
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Qantas profits quadruple despite superjumbo scare
SYDNEY – AUSTRALIAN airline Qantas shrugged off a safety scare involving its flagship A380 superjumbos to post a four-fold increase in half-year net profits to A1 million (S8.9 million) on Thursday. Underlying profit before tax rose 56 per cent to A7 million, as sales grew 10 per cent to A.59 billion over the second half of last year, despite November’s mid-air engine blast which …
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