At first glance, the profit increases reported by Chinese airlines in the third quarter are stunning.
China Eastern Airlines said its net profit in the third quarter rose 13,524 per cent, or 136-fold, from the same period a year earlier to a record of more than Rmb3bn. Air China also reported a record quarterly net profit in the third quarter of more than Rmb5bn, although that was a paltry increase of just 483 per cent over the same period a year earlier.
The third of the “big three” state carriers, China Southern, reported a net profit of just over Rmb3bn, which was an increase of 970 per cent from a year earlier.
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