Boss Willie Walsh hailed the group’s strong performance in the face of spiralling fuel costs, last summer’s air traffic control disruption and substantial foreign exchange impact.
“Yet again, we’ve improved our operating profit this year, and our adjusted earnings per share grew by 15.1%,” he said.
“This was a very good performance despite three significant challenges: fuel prices increasing 30%, considerable air traffic control disruption and adverse foreign exchange impact of €129 million.
"At constant currency, passenger unit revenue improved 2.4% while non-fuel unit costs decreased 0.8% on capacity growth of 6.1%.”
