AirTrip held a results briefing for the fiscal year ending September 2026 and announced that operating profit before impairment and other deductions had exceeded ¥5 billion. Growth in other segments offset slowing growth in the travel business, strengthening the earnings base through expanded M&A and new business development.
AirTrip held its full-year results briefing for the fiscal year ending September 2026 and reported that operating profit before impairment and other deductions had exceeded ¥5 billion. Despite slowing growth in the travel business, revenue and profit at listed subsidiaries such as the CXO Community business and Hybrid Technologies grew substantially, boosting consolidated performance.
The business portfolio was reorganized from 3 segments into 5, and the company outlined a policy of developing 6 strategic categories as core businesses. It announced a cumulative 11 M&A transactions, acquired Habit Pilates as its second BOC business transaction in November, and launched the AirTrip Hawaii business.
As its medium- to long-term growth strategy, the company reformulated “AirTrip 100” and changed its previous “AirTrip 5000” target. It set a new operating profit target of ¥10 billion and aims to grow through synergies across all 23 businesses in the 5 segments. The operating profit forecast for the fiscal year ending September 2027 was ¥5 billion before impairment and other deductions.
For shareholder returns, marking its 10th anniversary as a listed company, the company designated the 3 fiscal years from the fiscal year ending September 2026 as the shareholder return period and outlined a policy of paying ¥10 billion in total dividends at a 100% payout ratio. As the first step, it has completed a ¥2.4 billion share buyback. It will introduce interim dividends in the fiscal years ending September 2027 and September 2028, resulting in 2 dividend payments per year. The shareholder benefit program will be discontinued.