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Flight Centre share price continues to climb

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

The Flight Centre share price has been travelling steadily upwards for some time now (see the chart below!), and the trip could well continue now that the CFO has indicated the start of the new financial year has been encouraging for the company.

With cautious optimism Andrew Flannery told investors yesterday that the Australian travel industry has recovered faster than than others around the world, that the strong Aussie dollar and cheap airfares have stimulated demand, but that predicting a full recovery would be premature.

“While yields remain significantly down on last year, prices appear to have bottomed and the cheapest deals have become harder to secure,” he said.

Flight Centre Limited
ASX Code: FLT

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Good news from Flight Centre

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Flight Centre shares soared yesterday, up 20% after the company announced it expected to post an annual net profit of $36-40 million and indicated that conditions in the challenged industry were stabilising.

In a results forecast released to the ASX, Flight Centre showed a strengthened balance sheet, and pre-tax profits well above analysts’ expectations.

There was good news too from the company’s US arm Liberty, which broke even in the fourth quarter.

The company said there were positive signs showing for the industry, with cheap airfares and holiday deals stimulating demand.

The full year accounts will be released on August 25.

ASX Code: FLT
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