Ryanair Predicts Profits Fall On Surging Oil Prices
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published May 21, 2018 | 05:30 PM
London, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st May, 2018 ) :Ryanair is forecasting a drop in profits on surging oil prices, the no-frills Irish airline said Monday after it posted a 10-percent jump in annual earnings despite a crisis that forced it to cancel thousands of flights.
"Our outlook... is on the pessimistic side of cautious," Ryanair said in a statement. "Unit costs this year will rise nine percent due to higher staff and oil prices which will" add more than 400 million Euros ($469 million) to its fuel bill.
After initially falling, Ryanair's share price was up 3.8 percent at 16.1 euros approaching midday in Dublin.
"A key question for the market to consider is whether Ryanair's pessimistic outlook alongside strong full year results is a classic piece of expectations management or a true reflection of the challenges facing the business," said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell.
"After all chief executive Michael O'Leary's 'pessimistic side of cautious' guidance sets a fairly low bar for the budget airline to clear." For its financial year 2017/18 that ended in March and spurred by a nine percent increase in passengers, or "guests" as the airline now describes its paying customers, net profit jumped to 1.45 billion euros.
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