CX announces HK$2.3 billion profit for 2018
 

Embattled Cathay Pacific Airways has said it expects to announce a net profit of HK$2.3 billion (US$295 million) for 2018 – a huge turnaround from its HK$1.25 billion loss the previous year.

So, this is why they wanted the vote to be passed before they announced this news.

Yes, now you know why the company was desperately trying to hurry and get the vote through. I completely expected that from the management, but I can't understand why the AOA GC wanted to play along with that (oh, wait...). We were just about sold down the river for pennies. Now, the management have to deal with not only an energized pilot group, industry leading sickness and resignation rates, but now they also have to deal with healthy profits and the obvious expectations of their pilots because of it. CC and the TB are our friend, and it will take some serious improvements to my contract to convince me to drop those actions. It's time to restore our value to what we know we are worth. POS 18....? Will soon be consigned to the dustbin of history (along with the CK video attempting to sell it :=). Every pilot in this airline will now simply tell management, "stop the crap", and give us a proper contract. The longer our management pretend to themselves that nothing has changed, the more it will change.

HK$ 2.3 Bn on a Market cap of HK$ 51.3 Bn = 4.48% return - not earthshaking really...... given the risks of the airline business.......

CX share price opened at $HK12.06 this morning. After lunch it went to $HK13.16.

When was the Profit Alert released to the market, during the lunch break, or after trading closed today?

I'm still holding mine at $21/share....a long way to go for me to break even :ugh:

Jeez RAT - calm down man.... it's only a job

They can't pull out your fingernails or shoot your kids............................

Think it is the other way round - this profit was made because the fuel hedging nightmare is finally over. All management had to do was - nothing.

Actually if all those so called Managers had only ever taken long drunken lunches and never come to work at all, we would be rolling in dosh.

For an airline thats a good return on capital. Airlines aren't great investments compared other businesses.

We will never know how much profit is really there - with transfer pricing Swire move the money around to fill their pockets, avoid the taxman and screw over the little people. The biggest transfer pricing example is the so called fuel hedge.

Makes a mockery of the Jellyfish's statement " but to be honest it is all we can afford " in his pre TA vote video.

The Cav

Let's see how they spin this profit! By the way, the profit is the same amount that Qantas has reported. Joyce says he is happy with the way the company adapted to the challenging times. I bet we will be told times are tough...competition, we poor, bleak future etc etc

Let's remember this is a NET profit, so all the fines and penalties have already been deducted. It is a trunround from last year which the markets will like. The management can say what they like, the figures tell a different story to the one they were pushing 3 weeks ago. Of course their response will be "thanks to the efforts of all staff EXCLUDING pilots, a profit was made". Dream on 9th floor, your bluff has been called and you lost.

Uhm, no, QF reported 523m USD profit in 6 months - so about 4 times as much for the whole year