BA owner IAG more than double profits despite final quarter coming in short

British Airways owner International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LSE:IAG) reported significant growth in underlying profits for the past year, but the fourth quarter was just short of City analyst estimates. For the full 2023 calendar year, operating profit before exceptional items came in at €3.5 billion, more than double the previous year and beating the €3.25 billion made in pre-pandemic 2019. Fourth-quarter operating profit of €502 million were up from €477 million a year ago, but slightly short of t ...