Airwork lifts earnings guidance
Net profit is expected to exceed $22 million.
Airwork Holdings [NZX: AWK] has raised its annual earnings guidance after signing new customers from its expanded fleet.
Net profit is expected to exceed $22 million in the year ending June, up from previous guidance to exceed $21 million, and up from $15.5 million in the 2015 year, the company says.
Airwork has expanded its Boeing 737 fleet, which it says will number 19 in the first half of the 2017 financial year, more than twice the nine planes it operated in 2014.
Two of its older planes have been replaced and redeployed on contracts with new customers, and two more scheduled for delivery will start operations in the September quarter of this year.
The update doesn't include the $2 million Airwork won in its High Court claim against former customer The Helicopter Line, which it says is still under consideration.
Airwork shares fell 0.2% to $4.69 and have gained 21% so far this year. The stock is rated a 'hold' by First NZ Capital analyst Paul Turnbull, who has a $4.30 price target.
(BusinessDesk)
Paul McBeth
Mon, 13 Jun 2016
Mon, 13 Jun 2016
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Airwork lifts earnings guidance
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