Japan Airlines has announced first quarter profits of 12.7bn Yen (£100m) despite a 40% drop in international traffic following the tsunami earlier this year.
The cash-strapped airline has carrier has slashed its capacity by almost 30% compared with the same period last year to improve its profitability by suspending unprofitable routes at the end of last year and retiring all its Boeing 747-400 from March.
As part of its plan to downsize, the airline also retired its fleet of domestic Airbus A300-600 aircraft in May.
