Alitalia operating loss widens in 1H2013, EUR128m in cash

Alitalia reported (26-Sep-2013) the following financial highlights for 1H2013:

• Revenue: EUR1621 million, -4% year-on-year;
• • Passenger: EUR+0.2%;
  • • Domestic: -10.1%;
    • International: +3.7%;
    • Intercontinental: +9.1%;
• Operating profit (loss): (EUR198 million), compared to a loss of EUR169 million;
• Net profit (loss): (EUR294 million), compared to a loss of EUR201 million in p-c-p;
• Passenger numbers: 10.7 million, -4%;
• Load factor: 73%, +2 ppts;
• Domestic market share: 49.5%, +1.2 ppt;
• Rome Fiumicino market share: 46.6%, +0.9 ppt. [more - original PR - Italian]

At the end of 1H2013, the carrier had EUR128 million in total cash and cash equivalents, including unused credit lines.