
Qantas posts $1.39bn profit as holidaymakers flock to Jetstar | Qantas newsthirst.
Qantas has posted a bumper $1.39bn half-year pre-tax profit, fuelled by a 10% uptick in customers. The airline rewarded shareholders with hundreds of millions in dividend payments out of the windfall. The airline’s $1.39bn half-year underlying profit, announced on Thursday, is an 11% increase on the same period last year, and was driven by a…