Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. provided dividend guidance for the year ending March 31, 2016. For the period, the company forecasts dividend of ¥119 per share compared to ¥104 per share a year ago.

The company announced consolidated earnings and traffic results for the nine months ended December 31, 2015. For the period, the group reported operating revenues of ¥1,023,412 million, operating income of ¥170,017 million, ordinary income of ¥170,477 million and net income of ¥143,685 million or ¥330.06 per share compared to net sales of ¥1,022,389 million, operating income of ¥138,252 million, ordinary income of ¥137,463 million and net income of ¥119,684 million or ¥330.06 per share reported in the same period last year. Cash flow from operating activities was ¥184,443 million against ¥223,999 million reported last year. Income before income taxes and non-controlling interests was ¥172,346 million against ¥136,876 million reported last year.

For the nine months, the company reported total revenue passengers carried were 30,444,227, compared to 29,864,437 for the last year. Revenue passenger km was 47,220,126,000 against 45,345,417,000 for the same period a year ago. Available seat km was 63,514,001,000 against 63,404,329,000 for the same period a year ago. Revenue passenger load factor was 74.3% against 71.5% for the same period a year ago.
For the year ending March 31, 2016, the company expected to report net sales of ¥1,347,000 million, operating income of ¥204,000 million, ordinary income of ¥202,000 million and net income of ¥172,000 million or ¥474.48 per share.