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Qantas records $978-M half-year profit

SYDNEY: Australian national carrier Qantas posted an underlying pre-tax half-year profit of AU$1.43 billion ($978 million) on Thursday in the airline's first return to profit since the coronavirus pandemic started three years ago.

The first-half result for the six months through December was at the top end of the airline's forecast for an underlying profit between AU$1.35 billion ($923 million) and AU$1.45 billion ($991 million).