(Reuters) – Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) reported a 4.9% jump in its quarterly net profit on Tuesday, boosted by a strong air travel demand in key markets.
The city-state’s national carrier reported a net profit of S$659 million ($489.82 million) in the third-quarter ended Dec.
31, compared with S$628 million a year ago.
Analysts, on average, estimated a profit of S$777.8 million as per LSEG IBES data.
($1 = 1.3454 Singapore dollars)
(Reporting by John Biju and Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)
