Thai Airways swings into the black for Q1, shares climb

Published Tue, May 12, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Bangkok

THAI Airways International said on Tuesday that it returned to net profit for the first quarter, sending its shares sharply higher, as a bumper foreign exchange gain and increased tourism traffic wiped out the impact of rising restructuring costs.

Posting a foreign exchange gain of 9.65 billion baht (S$381 million), the flag carrier reported a net profit of 4.54 billion baht for the January-March quarter.