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Overall, passenger demand recovered steadily despite ongoing geopolitical risks; Flights have been in high demand in inbound and leisure traffic in recent months. Although variable costs increased due to the expansion of business operations, profit increased significantly compared to the same period last year thanks to continued cost management. As a result, the company achieved a net result of the equivalent of 9,94 million euros with sales of the equivalent of 8,59 billion euros and operating costs of the equivalent of 958,67 billion euros in the reporting period.
“ANA Group's positive financial results are primarily driven by an expansion of international operations, which played a critical role in the airline's overall profitability compared to the previous nine-month period,” said Kimihiro Nakahori, ANA Executive Vice President and Group Chief Financial Officer Holdings Inc. “This achievement underscores the impact of the expanded global network on ANA Group's financial strength. The excellent result is the result of the work of all ANA Group team members and our ongoing cost management.”
In international passenger traffic, both passenger traffic and revenue increased year-on-year due to solid business demand from Japan. Other reasons included sustained efforts to increase demand for inbound travel to Japan, as well as increased demand for leisure travel from Japan. In order to meet the higher demand from the first half of the year, the airline further expanded the scope of flight operations with the resumption of the Narita - Perth route and the routes to China in October. In addition, the number of seats offered daily on the Honolulu route reached a record high: Since December, ANA has again been offering two daily return flights on the Tokyo/Narita – Honolulu route with the Airbus A380 “FLYING HONU”. In total, the company transported more than 5,3 million passengers on international routes in the past three quarters and achieved a seat load factor of 78,1 percent.
In domestic traffic, despite an initially slow recovery in demand for business travel, both passenger volumes and revenue increased compared to the previous year. The “ANA SUPER VALUE” sales campaign and other marketing measures played a significant role in this. On the route network, ANA has actively increased capacity by deploying more aircraft on weekends and holidays to fully meet demand. A total of more than 31 million passengers traveled on the Star Alliance partner's domestic routes in the reporting period, and the airline achieved a seat load factor of 70,2 percent.
In the freight sector, demand from China to North America increased in the third quarter, but other international freight volumes and sales fell compared to the same period last year. This is mainly due to the ongoing decline in demand in key industries such as semiconductors, electronics and automotive.
