Vanessa Hudson reveals jumbo profit from new routes, strong travel demand

Qantas Airways recorded its second highest earnings in the recording and sent its shares to the highest level of all time, as the airline added new international routes and benefited from strong travel demand.

The net revenue increased by 28 percent by 30 percent to $ 1.61 billion until June 30, which has been helping with the highest profit, fleet renewal and productivity reforms since the record in 2023. He said the underlying earnings reached $ 2.39 billion.

The airline declared a final dividend of 16.5 ¢ and said that he would pay a special dividend to the shareholders. Stocks rose and investors cheered the buffer profit and payment, while a new intraday record, which was a new intraday record, jumped to 12.38 dollars of 11.4 percent in early trade.

Qantas and Off Shoot emphasized that Jetstar carries four million passengers throughout the year and said, “The strong demand in all Sunday segments has helped the group to increase the gains when combined with our double brand strategy.”

For six months, Qantas saw that he expected “ongoing strong travel demand ve and that domestic revenues would increase between 3 and 5 percent and international sales increased by 2 to 3 percent in half.

In the second year of a return designed by Hudson, who took over from the controversial predecessor, Joyce. Under the management, he tried to rebuild the airline public image, to update industrial relations disagreements without any problems and update the current local fleet with both new aircraft and new interiors.

Qantas trying to increase returns, Singapore -based low -cost carrier Jetstar Asia in late July increased costs and routes increased competition in the regional airline eroded the profit of the regional airline. The planes were re -deployed to the Australian fleet. Jetstar Asia stopped operations on July 31, and caused a damage of $ 33 million and $ 39 million in the costs associated with closing.

However, he became a turbulence time of Hudson.

In July, Qantas announced that 5.7 million customer registrations were attacked through a third -party seller in a call center in the Philippines. In a row, the explanations worried the public, including the highest level of loyalty club hall.