Full-year profit is seen rising 21 percent this year (compared to 2011) and 23 percent in 2013.
It comes as the airline shares rose 10% on Wednesday as it increased its full-year profit forecast.
Boeing raises its full-year profit forecast this morning, saying it expects deliveries of commercial airplanes to grow.
However, it cut its full-year profit forecast to 370bn yen, compared with its previous projection of 375bn yen.
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The company also reduced full-year profit guidance and provided no hard revenue guidance.
It is the second time in a space of four months that the firm has lowered its full-year profit forecast.
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Indeed, Home Depot this morning worked to increase expectations by updating its full-year profit outlook (for the fourth time this year).
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Citigroup missed Wall Street estimates in the fourth quarter but was able to post its first full-year profit since the credit crisis.
Pepsi offered a full-year profit forecast that matched Wall Street projections.
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Joy Global reported a 12 percent increase in third quarter earnings but the mining equipment maker cut its full-year profit and sales forecasts.
Kimberly shares got socked hard in January after company execs, citing rising raw-material prices and margin-busting marketplace competition, offered downbeat full-year profit guidance.
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Ltd. reported an increase in full-year profit and sales in its annual results announcement out on Friday, but was cautious about the outlook for this year.
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The firm said it expected full-year 2001 profit and sales to be higher than last year.
That is 2.6% of what Nissan estimates will be its full-year operating profit.
The LG Home Entertainment Company reported record sales of flat-panel TVs with 9.3 million units in the fourth quarter resulting in a 17.4 percent revenue increase quarter-on-quarter to KRW 6.44 trillion (USD 5.91 billion) and full-year operating profit of KRW 542 billion (USD 480.92 million).
The full-year 2012 operating profit was 29.05 trillion won on revenue of 201.10 trillion won.
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Overall revenues for the quarter ending September were virtually unchanged at 1.789 trillion yen and Sony left its full year pre-tax profit forecast unchanged at 310bn yen.
The company has reported double-digit profit growth every quarter for two and a half years now, and it just raised guidance for full-year earnings because it expects profit margins to widen further.
Fossil shares climbed this morning after the luxury-accessories retailer raised its full-year guidance and reported a greater-than-expected quarterly profit.
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To that end, she's already lowered the bar, setting conservative profit targets and declining to provide full-year revenue guidance.
Toyota lifted its full-year outlook on strong sales and favorable exchange rates that pushed up profit in the latest quarter.
Ryanair has increased its profit forecast for the full year after a better-than-expected performance in the last three months of 2012.
American Airlines was the only major carrier not to turn a profit last year and appeared set for another full-year loss in 2011.
Shares in discount retailer Dollar General gained Monday after the company reported higher-than-expected third quarter profit and raised its guidance for the full year, saying that more shoppers turned up and spent more in the third quarter.
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Toyota Motor rose 5% after the auto maker raised its full-year earnings target late Tuesday, even as it posted a decline in net profit for the quarter ended in December.
The company reported a 17% drop in net profit for the three months ended December, but lifted its full-year revenue outlook by 2.6%, saying it would benefit from growth in demand for Apple's iPhone 4S and other smartphones.
And RMT general secretary Bob Crow said train companies "with the collusion of the government, will be jacking up fares by up to 6% in the new year as they launch a full-frontal assault on passengers in the name of profit".
Despite its better-than-expected results, PepsiCo stood by its forecast that core profit would grow 7 percent for the full year, following a year in which it slashed costs and spent more on marketing its biggest brands.
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