Cathay Pacific, imodzi mwa ndege zazikulu kwambiri ku Asia, yanena kuti yabwereranso ku phindu lazaka zonse chifukwa chochepetsa mtengo komanso kubetcha pamtengo wamafuta olipidwa.
Phindu lonse la 2009 linafika pa $4.7bn Hong Kong dollar ($606m; £405m), poyerekeza ndi kutaya kwa 8.7bn Hong Kong dollars mu 2008.
Kutsekera kwamafuta makamaka kwathandizira ndege kuti ichepetse kutsika kwa ndalama pafupifupi kotala panthawiyi.
Ngakhale phindu, Cathay adati anali osamala za chiyembekezo cha 2010.
Mtengo wamafuta
"Kugwa kwachuma padziko lonse lapansi chaka chatha kudapangitsa kuti bizinesi ya Cathay Pacific Group ikhale yovuta kwambiri komanso kayendetsedwe ka ndege zonse," idatero ndegeyo.
Inanenanso kuchuluka kwa anthu okwera ndi mabizinesi onyamula katundu mu theka lachiwiri la chaka, koma idati izi sizokwanira kukhudza "ndalama zochepetsedwa kwambiri" kwa chaka chonse.
"Kuphatikiza apo, mtengo wamafuta, womwe udakwera pang'onopang'ono kuyambira pakati pa 2009, umakhalabe wapamwamba kwambiri ndipo umawopseza kusokoneza phindu," adatero wapampando Christopher Pratt.
Ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi zidavutika chaka chatha pomwe anthu ndi mabizinesi adachepetsa kuwuluka panthawi yakugwa.
Malinga ndi International Air Transport Association (Iata), 2009 idawona kuchepa kwakukulu kwa kuchuluka kwa okwera ndege munthawi yankhondo.
Akuti ndege zonse pamodzi zidataya $11bn (£7.4bn).
