Air New Zealand earnings improve

Air New Zealand today announced normalised earnings* before taxation of $96 million for the six month period ended 31 December 2009, an increase of $70 million on the same period last year.

The Board has declared a fully imputed interim dividend of three cents per share.

Key highlights

  • Normalised earnings* before taxation of $96 million, up $70 million
  • Normalised earnings* after taxation of $64 million
  • Operating revenue down 15% to $2.1 billion
  • Passenger demand down 4.6%
  • Passenger load factor up 3 percentage points to 81.6%
  • Net cash position $1.1 billion
  • Interim dividend of 3.0 cents

“In very challenging conditions this is a good result,” says Air New Zealand Chairman John Palmer.

“The fallout from the global financial crisis …

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