TOKYO -- Leading Japanese carriers ANA Holdings and Japan Airlines are expected to report profit growth for the April-December period as a recovering global economy lifted demand from business and leisure travelers and boosted cargo shipments.
ANA's operating profit likely soared 27% on the year to 165 billion yen ($1.51 billion) for the nine months, the highest ever for the period. Sales probably rose about 10% to 1.46 trillion yen.