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TOKYO, July 30 (Reuters) – ANA Holdings Inc 9202.T posted on Friday a first-quarter working loss that greater than halved from a yr in the past, as sturdy demand for air freight and cost-cuts helped Japan’s largest airline grapple with a pandemic-driven hunch in journey.
The loss for the April-June quarter – the airline’s sixth straight quarterly loss – narrowed to 64.6 billion yen ($590 million) in contrast with a 159.1 billion yen loss a yr earlier.
That was smaller than a consensus estimate for a 80.5 billion yen loss drawn from 6 analysts polled by Refinitiv.
In April and Might, ANA hauled greater than twice as a lot worldwide cargo as the identical interval a yr earlier.
“This turnaround was made attainable by the spectacular development of our cargo enterprise, rebounding journey demand, and focused cost-cutting measures which have led to the best enchancment in quarterly monetary outcomes since COVID-19 began impacting our enterprise within the fourth quarter of FY2019,” Chief Monetary Officer Ichiro Fukuzawa stated in a press release.
Like different airways, ANA has lower prices by reducing employees salaries, and flying fewer and smaller planes.
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(Reporting by Sayantani Ghosh in Singapore and Tim Kelly in Tokyo; Modifying by Himani Sarkar and Edwina Gibbs)
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