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BBA Aviation - First Half Results Interview With CEO

Dépèche transmise le 5 août 2010 par PRNewswire

LONDON, August 5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- BBA Aviation, the FTSE 250 flight services and aftermarket support company, announced a 17 per cent increase in underlying pre-tax profits to GBP45.1m in the first half, following eight months of continuing improvement in the business and general aviation markets.

In an interview on , Simon Pryce, CEO, said profit growth outstripped revenue growth of 3%, which he attributed to the operational measures introduced during the downturn.

"I think as we exit the first half BBA Aviation continues to trade very well," he said. "We've done an awful lot of strategic focus and operational improvement in the last two or three years that has really set up the businesses well to benefit, probably better than ever, from the very exciting growth prospects that we see ahead of us."

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