Vietjet airline records positive business results in Q1, 2017
Vietjet Aviation JSC recorded positive results for the first quarter of 2017 with its aviation transport revenue standing at 5,095 billion VND (224.2 million USD), up 44.2 percent year on year.
Vietjet recorded positive results for the first quarter of 2017 (Photo: Vietjet)
Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) - Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company recorded positiveresults for the first quarter of 2017 with its aviation transport revenue standing at 5,095 billion VND (224.2 million USD), up 44.2 percent year on year.
The low-cost airline said on April 22 that the revenue exceeded target by 10.6 percent, while revenue proportion for international routes rose sharply.
Meanwhile, profit rose6.8 percent compared to thesame period of the previous year.
Profit before tax stoodat 432.64 billion VND and profit aftertax at 381.65 billion VND.
The airline carried 3.7 millionpassengers, an increase of 29.4 percent compared to the same period of 2016.
In the first quarter of 2017,Vietjet launched three more internationalroutes, increasing its air routes to 63, with high load factor of 88 percent, OTP of 87.7 percent, an increase of 4.1 percent compared to 2016.
The first quarter of 2017 sawstrong growth in its total asset which reached 21,727 billion VND, an increase of17.37 percent compared to theearly year period in which cash and cash equivalents sharply rose to 2,777billion VND. For the sameperiod of the previous year, cash and cash equivalents stood at approximately 944billion VND. All thisshowed that the company's cash flowwas very healthy. Its equity rose 69.7 percent from 3,072 billion VND to 5,213 billion VND.
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Within the fírst 90 days of 2017, Vietjet operated 22,353 safe flights, recorded technicalreliability at 99.59 percent, a slight increase of 0.02 percent compared to 2016. Flight operation, ground operation and engineering safety indicators were listed in the group of highest quality airlines in the Asia Pacific region.-VNA
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Vietjet recorded positive results for the first quarter of 2017 (Photo: Vietjet) 
