Overall passenger demand recovered steadily despite ongoing geopolitical risks; inbound and leisure flights have been in high demand in recent months. Although variable costs increased due to the expansion of business operations, profits rose significantly year-on-year thanks to continued cost management. As a result, the company achieved a net profit of EUR 9,94 million on revenue of EUR 8,59 billion and operating costs of EUR 958,67 billion in the reporting period. "The ANA Group's positive financial results are primarily due to an expansion of international activities, which played a key role in the airline's overall profitability compared to the previous nine-month period," said Kimihiro Nakahori, Executive Vice President and Group Chief Financial Officer of ANA Holdings Inc. "This success underscores the impact of the expanded global network on the ANA Group's financial strength. The excellent result is the result of the work of all ANA Group team members and our continuous cost management.” In international passenger traffic, both passenger volume and revenue increased year-on-year due to solid business demand from Japan. Other reasons were the sustained efforts to increase demand for inbound travel to Japan and the increased demand for leisure travel from Japan. To meet the higher demand from the first half of the year, the airline further expanded the scope of its flight operations with the resumption of the Narita – Perth route and the routes to China in October. In addition, the number of seats offered daily on the Honolulu route reached a record high: ANA offers