{"id":148548,"date":"2024-02-29T14:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=148548"},"modified":"2024-02-29T21:36:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T21:36:14","slug":"iag-says-2023-net-profit-soars-sixfold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/02\/iag-says-2023-net-profit-soars-sixfold.html","title":{"rendered":"IAG says 2023 net profit soars sixfold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Airline group <strong>IAG<\/strong>, parent company of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, Aer Lingus and LEVEL, announced Thursday that it would increase its annual profit sixfold in 2023 to 2.7 billion euros ($2.9 billion), driven by strong travel growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Net profit in 2023 increased sixfold from 431 million euros ($466 million) in 2022, the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, IAG &#8220;doubled its margin and operating profit compared to 2022&#8221; and the conglomerate regained &#8220;capacity close to pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels in most of its major markets,&#8221; said its CEO, Luis Gallego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group revenues grew by almost 28% to EUR 29.5 billion (USD 32 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/01\/iberia-incorporates-unionpay-card-as-payment-method.html\">Iberia incorporates UnionPay card as payment method<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company posted an operating profit of \u20ac3.5 billion (US$3.8 billion), up from \u20ac1.3 billion (US$1.4 billion) the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IAG regained passenger capacity of 95.7% above 2019 (pre-pandemic) levels last year, up nearly 23%, and hired 13,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group announced in February 2023 the acquisition of Air Europa for 500 million euros (US$541 million), making a project it had been pursuing for years to strengthen its links with Latin America and make Madrid one of the main European hubs a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IAG says that &#8220;demand remains solid,&#8221; especially for leisure travel in 2024. 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