KARACHI: The national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airline, has declared after tax loss of Rs56 billion for the year 2019, according to financial results submitted to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday.
The national flag carrier managed to reduce the annual loss by Rs10.66 billion from last year’s loss of Rs66.66 billion.
The net revenue of the airline increased by around 40 percent to Rs164.64 billion in 2019 as compared with Rs118 billion in the preceding year.
The cost of services including, cost of fuel, increased to Rs152 billion in 2019 as compared with Rs132.79 billion in the preceding year.
The airline manage to post gross profit of Rs12.65 billion for the year 2019 as compared with around Rs15 billion loss in the previous year.
The distribution costs of the airline increased to Rs7.33 billion from Rs6.3 billion. Administrative expenses of the airline also increased to Rs11.3 billion from Rs10.47 billion.
The airline incurred losses to the tune of Rs11.69 billion due to depreciation of rupee. The exchange loss was Rs15 billion in the last year.
