Financial News

(3-May-2003) BAA has issued airline partners with details of its 10-year investment programme at the authority's London airports

(3-May-2003) Qatar Airways exceeded traffic forecasts by 14% in the financial year to March 31, carrying 2.5m passengers to 40 destinations

(26-Apr-2003) **EXCLUSIVE TO TRW** As the spread of the SARS virus continues, struggling retailers at Hong Kong International Airport received a welcome boost when Airport Authority Hong Kong announced a two-part relief package today

(18-Apr-2003) Airport authority Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has announced a series of relief measures to help airlines and retailers at Changi and Seletar airports

(12-Apr-2003) Weitnauer has announced a 35% growth in earnings before tax for 2002 despite a 7% fall in sales to SFr1.02bn ($734m)

(10-Apr-2003) Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton (LVMH) has announced consolidated sales of ?2.8m ($3m) in the first quarter of 2003, down 5% on the same period last year

(4-Apr-2003) Barcelona-based travel-retail and catering services operator Areas has posted fiscal year 2002 profits of ?18 million ($18.9m), up 22% on fiscal 2001

(25-Mar-2003) Further details are emerging of the deal in which London Supply has invested in Argentina's leading airport operator InterBaires

(22-Mar-2003) Luxury goods supplier Richemont has surprised investors by issuing a profits warning

(20-Mar-2003) The integration of former Seagram brands into Pernod Ricard's wines and spirits portfolio helped the French-based supplier record a 78% increase in sales in 2002