Norwegian Air's shares rise after second-quarter profit beat
Adds CEO comments in paragraph 4-6, updates share movement, final paragraph
By Agata Rybska
July 12 (Reuters) -Norwegian Air NAS.OL reported second-quarter core earnings above market expectations on Friday after a rise in unit cost levels helped offset the impact of a dip in demand on ticket prices.
The airline said the quarter was characterised by strong capacity and an increase in passenger numbers, but that aircraft delivery delays from Boeing would slow growth in the upcoming year.
Delays in deliveries from Boeing BA.N and Airbus AIR.PA have forced airlines to lease aircraft externally to meet capacity needs.
Norwegian's CEO Geir Karlsen said the airline planned for at least 11-to-13 months of delays and did not have a date for when they would stop.
Referring to Norwegian's contractual right to compensation from Boeing, Karlsen told Reuters he was sure the companies would reach agreement.
"Even more importantly, what we would like to have is visibility on future deliveries so that we can plan the network in accordance to that," he said.
Norwegian said last week delays had forced it to source external capacity of one-to-two aircraft. It also said demand had been lower than expected in the second quarter, which prompted it to cut its profit outlook.
Norwegian said on Friday cash flow improved in the quarter and unit costs, or the average cost of flying an aircraft seat, fell 2% from a year ago, to 0.70 crowns.
Kenneth Sivertsen, analyst at Pareto, said the company has offset some of the impact of wage increases for pilots and other inflationary pressures through operational efficiency.
He cited better-than-anticipated costs, in-line revenues and solid results from its subsidiary Wideroe that only flies in the Nordics.
The Norwegian carrier sees its overall production in 2024 growing by about 12% compared to the previous year.
It reported operating profit (EBIT) of 593 million Norwegian crowns ($55.32 million) for the quarter, beating a company-compiled consensus of 386 million crowns but falling almost 9% from 650.5 million crowns a year earlier.
Shares in Norwegian Air rose 7% at market open. They then pared gains and were up 5.5% at 11.16 crowns per share at 1034 GMT.
($1 = 10.7203 Norwegian crowns)
Reporting by Agata Rybska; Editing by Kim Coghill, Rashmi Aich, Jane Merriman and Barbara Lewis
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