LONDON, Nov 11 (Bernama-PA Media/dpa) -- The owner of British Airways has revealed a sharp drop in quarterly earnings on surging fuel prices due to the Iran war and warned its annual fuel bill is set to jump to nearly €9 billion (US$10 million), reported PA Media/dpa.
International Airlines Group (IAG) said pre-tax profits fell 12.9 per cent to €1.63 billion in the three months to Sept 30, while operating profits slumped 15.9 per cent to €1.73 billion.
It said a 4.5 per cent rise in revenues was not enough to offset a 30.4 per cent jump in jet fuel costs, as well as disruption caused by Air Traffic Control outages.
An incident at National Air Traffic Services (NATS) on September 8 led to the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights and impacted hundreds of thousands of passengers.
IAG said its total fuel costs are expected to soar to €8.9 billion for the financial year, even with actions to fix prices in advance.
It said ongoing efforts to drive savings were helping limit the impact of disruption and non-fuel costs.
Luis Gallego, IAG chief executive, said: “As a result of the actions we are taking the outlook for the rest of the year, as well as the start of next year, is positive.”
--BERNAMA-PA MEDIA/dpa
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