{
  "id": 17750475,
  "title": "JAL's April-Sept. net profit drops 42.2% to 39.07 billion yen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/jals-april-sept-net-profit-drops-42-2-to-39-07-billion-yen",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-02T05:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261102/p2g/00m/0bu/027000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Japan Airlines reported a 42.2% drop in its net profit for the April-September period, amounting to 39.07 billion yen, due to increasing fuel costs amidst Middle East tensions. Despite a 11.7% rise in revenues to 1.10 trillion yen for the first half of the year, the carrier noted a decline in international traveler numbers by 3.1% to 3.86 million, and a 2.2% reduction in domestic passengers to 18.70 million. Both international and domestic flight revenues saw increases of 16.0% to 426.6 billion yen and 5.8% to 319.7 billion yen respectively. JAL maintained its projected net profit for the fiscal year ending March of 110 billion yen, a 20.1% decrease, and revenues of 2.1 trillion yen, a 4.1% increase.",
  "summary": "TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan Airlines Co. said Monday its net profit for the April-September period fell 42.2 percent from a year earlier to 39.07 billion y",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}