ANA Holdings (ANA HD) has reported its financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2023.
In the first nine months of fiscal year 2023 (April 1, 2023 – December 31), led by strong inbound demand and leisure demand, overall passenger demand continued to steadily recover, despite ongoing global geopolitical risks. Further, while there was an increase in variable costs due to the expanded scale of operations, profit resulted in a significant increase compared to the same period of the previous year due to continued cost management.
Under these conditions, ANA HD recorded an operating income of 210.1-billion-yen, ordinary income of 207.1-billion-yen and net income attributable to owners of the parent was 148.9-billion-yen.
“ANA Group’s positive financial results point to an expansion in international operations, which have played a pivotal role in the airline’s overall profitability compared to the prior nine-month time period,” said Kimihiro Nakahori, Executive Vice President and Group Chief Financial Officer of ANA HD. “This success underscores the impact of the extended global reach on ANA Group’s financial performance, commitment by all ANA Group team members and continued cost management.”
Cargo Service
While demand for cargo from China to North America increased in the third quarter, international cargo decreased in both volume and revenue from the same period of the previous year, mainly due to continued decline in demand from major industries such as semiconductors, electronics and automotive-related industries.For the route network, ANA worked to ensure profitability by assessing demand trends by route and day of the week and adjusting the operations of cargo aircraft.
In July, ANA HD announced the acquisition of shares in Nippon Cargo Airlines Co. The effective date of the share exchange is scheduled for April 1, 2024.
LCC (Peach Aviation)
Both passenger volume and revenue increased year-on-year as a result of strong leisure demand on domestic routes and proactive efforts to capture inbound demand and other demand on international routes.
In response to increasing demand for inbound travel to Japan, Peach Aviation increased frequency on the Kansai-Incheon route and the Kansai-Hong Kong route from October, expanding the scale of operations following the first half of the year. (£1.00 = JPY186.89 at time of publication).
