(openPR) - ANA Revenue and Profit Up for the First Nine Months of Fiscal Year 2006 ...

... consolidated net profit jumps 42% for Apr 1 to Dec 31 period full year earnings forecast revised upwards

TOKYO January 31, 2007 ANA Group today reported record revenue and net profit for the first nine months of the current fiscal year April 1, 2006 Mar 31, 2007.

Consolidated financial results
For the period under review, ANA posted a consolidated net profit of 42.6 billion yen (2005: 29.9 billion yen) on revenue of 1.13 trillion yen (2005: 1.0 trillion yen) a 42.5% and 9.3% respective improvement on the previous year and the highest ever net profit and revenue recorded at the nine month point. This is attributed to strong demand for travel in general, buoyed by the continuing recovery of the Japanese economy, the demand for business travel in particular, and a gradual increase in frequency on routes within ANA´s network to capture that demand.

Operating profit was also up 2% to 91.7 billion yen(2005: 89.9 billion yen), while recurring profit dropped 3.4% to 72.7billion yen (2005: 75.3 billion yen) due mainly to a non-operating loss incurred on the return of leased aircraft. Profits were also squeezed by the high cost of crude oil, which added 39.0 billion yen to ANA´s fuel bill for the nine months under review.

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