Japan Airlines Co. said Friday its group operating profit for the first half of the business year fell 26.7 percent on a year-on-year basis to 28.55 billion yen.
The airline attributed this decline to its failure to revive demand for international flights following last year's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
JAL's group net profit surged 105.4 percent to 33.69 billion yen, however, with the firm having received 25.2 billion yen in cash from aircraft suppliers in preparation for future repairs, a common practice within the industry.