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2010-06-07 06:36:47
Airlines worldwide will make profits of $2.5bn ( 1.7bn) in 2010, an industry body has said.
The prediction marks a huge upturn from the last forecast of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
In March, the airline association had predicted global losses for airline businesses of $2.8bn.
"The global economy is recovering... much more quickly than could have been anticipated," said IATA director Giovanni Bisignani.
"We thought that it would take at least three years to recover the $81 billion (14.3%) drop in revenues in 2009," he added.
"But the $62bn top-line improvement this year puts us about 75% on the way to pre-crisis levels."
The bulk of the revenue turnaround is predicted to come from Asia (excluding Japan), where the IATA predicts 2010 GDP growth of 7%.
Meanwhile, the IATA actually revised down its 2010 forecast profits for European carriers to a loss of $2.8bn, from $2.2bn, in the wake of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud.