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Industry's worst deficit year

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the performance of listed companies in the April-June period of 2020 is likely to worsen from the January-March period, and some companies have suffered the worst deficit ever. There are signs that economic activity is recovering at the moment, and the number of companies showing earnings forecasts for the current year has increased, but the outlook is difficult.

The aviation and rail industry has suffered record deterioration due to the drastic reduction in the movement of people.

"Although we have reduced both variable and fixed costs, we cannot cope with such a large sudden drop in income." Hideki Kikuyama, managing director of Japan Airlines, said at a press conference on the 3rd.

The number of passengers from April to June of ANA Holdings (HD) and two major airlines of Japan Airlines decreased by 90% from the same period of the previous year, and sales decreased by less than 80%. Cost reductions such as labor costs could not keep up, and net losses were 108.8 billion yen and 93.7 billion yen, respectively. ANAHD is the worst in the quarter since 2003 when it began disclosing quarterly financial results, and Japan Airlines is also the largest deficit after the bankruptcy.

Source: https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN876FQ5N87ULFA00H.html