British Airways parent group IAG on Friday forecast a 20-percent jump in operating profit this year thanks to rising demand and falling costs.IAG said in a statement that its underlying operating profit -- stripping out exceptional items and fluctuations in fuel prices and exchange rates -- was expected to hit 3.0 billion euros ($3.5 billion) in 2017. That was up from 2.5 billion euros in 2016.While some European airlines, including Air Berlin, Alitalia and Monarch, collapsed this year, IAG ...(…)
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