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Air France-KLM surprise profit beat lifts shares to 5-year high

Air France-KLM surprise profit beat lifts shares to 5-year high

By Joanna Plucinska, Anna Peverieri and Alban KacherLONDON (Reuters) - Air France-KLM reported better than expected annual results that sent its shares to a five-year high on Thursday after the airline benefitted from tight cost management and stronger pricing in the fourth quarter.Chief Executive Ben Smith said the airline enjoyed a particularly strong finish after a year shaped by both operation ...

2025-03-06 20:26:58
Lufthansa regains ground in ’year of two halves’, promises restructuring savings

Lufthansa regains ground in ’year of two halves’, promises restructuring savings

By Rachel More and Joanna PlucinskaBERLIN (Reuters) -Lufthansa bounced back with a recovery in the second half of 2024 thanks to strong demand and lower fuel costs that lifted its shares on Thursday following a difficult year impacted by costly strikes and industry-wide delivery delays.Despite falling by over a third on the previous year, operating profit of 1.6 billion euros ($1.73 billion) in 20 ...

2025-03-06 20:24:45
JC Decaux soar 11% as strong earnings, dividend return lift outlook

JC Decaux soar 11% as strong earnings, dividend return lift outlook

Investing.com -- JC Decaux SA’s (EPA:JCDX) stock surged over 11% on Thursday following a strong earnings report that exceeded expectations and provided an optimistic outlook for 2025. The company’s full-year 2024 results outperformed analysts’ forecasts across key financial metrics, signaling a turnaround in performance and renewed confidence from investors.JC Decaux’s fourth-qua ...

2025-03-06 20:22:48
German Bundestag to debate debt reform plans from March 13, say parliamentary sources

German Bundestag to debate debt reform plans from March 13, say parliamentary sources

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s lower house of parliament will debate a boost in infrastructure spending and sweeping changes to state borrowing rules to boost defence funding from March 13, two parliamentary sources told Reuters on Thursday.The Bundestag lower house will vote on the reforms on March 18, the sources added. The conservatives and the centre-left SPD, in talks to form a government aft ...

2025-03-06 20:21:28