Japan Airlines Co. said Thursday its net profit increased 2.8-fold to 95.53 billion yen ($614 million) in the business year ended March, lifted by the recovery of strong travel demand after the coronavirus pandemic ended.

Sales for the year grew 20.1 percent to 1.65 trillion yen, the airline said.

For the current year ending March next year, the company expects its net profit to rise 4.7 percent to reach 100 billion yen on sales of 1.93 trillion yen, up 16.8 percent.

==Kyodo

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