qantas said their first-half profits have soared. earnings more than quadrupled to $242 million against the same period in 2009. that figure fell short of expectations as the company reported a drop in its international business. higher fuel costs plus engine problems on the a-380 super jumbo jet in november ate into first-half profits but despite these setbacks, dwaun as the ceo alan joyce says he s placed with the results and expects greater growth in the second half. qantas did come back for a low day so we saw the biggest improvement in profitability coming from the qantas segment which was over 170% improvement year-on-year and we saw jets and frequent flyer having the best periods in their history. we saw jet star s performance increase by 14% for a record profitability. what s great for the group is that each of those segments are
approximately making the same amount of money. so they re equally contributing to the overall group. qantas has most of our assets. so we do need qantas performance to continue to improve. and we are seeing continuation in that improvement. domestically, we re seeing yield premium return to the pre-gfc levels and our domestic performance is very good. our focus is on how we improve the international business going forward and get their leverage in that business. joyce also spoke tbt aairlines losses. it was forced to ground their a-380 super jumbo fleet in november after one of the rolls-royce engines exploded and forced and emergency landing in singapore. we lost a lot of international capacity when we grounded the aircraft. we had disruption to a large number of customers which we apologized for and as a consequence of us taking that action. but total cost to qantas this
the upper part of the left wing also appears to be damaged. here is one of the people on board. there s the pilot now. we have a technical issue with the number two engine, we have dealt with this situation, the aircraft is secure at this stage, we re going to have to hold for some time whilst we dump some fuel and a number of checklist we have to perform. i m sure you are aware we are not proceeding to sidney at this stage, we are going back towards singapore and we ll keep you informed. at this point, everything is secure, the aircraft is flying safely and we ll get back to you shortly with information. thank you for your patience. bill: i want that guy to be pie pilot? he says, as you re aware, we re not heading to singapore! bill: sully, part ii! four hundred fifty-nine people on board that plane. everybody got off safely. quantas says there was no explosion, actually, but
martha: all right, qantas, breathing a sigh of relief, the second jet liner we reported, which returned to singapore with an engine problem, the first one, we showed the video of stuff coming out of the engine, it returned safely to singapore and this is a different model and the big one, the huge one, the largest passenger jet you see in that video, they got security clearance in singapore and everybody is doing just fine but i bet it was scary. bill: qantas as a perfect record. did you hear about that, rain man? what are we doing with the map, guys? a leading muslim group in america, taking oklahoma to court, and suing to prevent a voter approved ballot measure from becoming law, at issue,
bill: we have breaking news from southeast asia and this is important, too, given the qantas airliner we reported on yesterday, another qantas jet has returned to singapore, with engine problems, shortly after take-off. don t know a lot of information but we know a 747, not the airbus, the giants a 380, the largest passenger airliner in the world, that jet, by the way, videotape of the engine that blew in the air, qantas says the engine did not blow, they blame the manufacturer of the plane, for what happened, for some 450 so folks who got off the plane safely the other day and now, today, out of singapore, the ap is saying that a qantas jetliner, 747 had engine problems and returned back to the airport, in singapore. not much other information, here and appears everybody is okay which, in the end is the best news of all and we ll keep an