The airline continues to recover in the midst of the Covid crisis: With a net loss of around 399,8 million euros on sales of around 1,56 billion euros, the company recorded the lowest quarterly loss since the beginning of the aviation crisis triggered by Covid-19.
Although the sales figures still reflect the persistent weak demand for private travel, the current booking figures would also point to a recovery in the business travel sector, especially for flights to the United States and European countries. So to destinations in which the vaccination rate is high.
“Although Covid-19 and the associated entry restrictions have dampened the demand for international travel very much, we have achieved a turnaround with the impressive growth of our freight business. The slowly picking up travel demand and targeted cost-cutting measures have enabled the greatest improvement in our quarterly results since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, "said Ichiro Fukuzawa, Executive Vice President and CFO of ANA Holdings Inc.