News: FLT Flight Centre Travel says half-year net profit after tax $74.4 million

Feb 23 (Reuters) - Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd (FLT) :

• Half-year net profit after tax $74.447 million versus $116.7 million last year
• HY revenue $1.250 billion versus $1.26 billion
• FLT believes it is appropriate to amend its fy17 guidance to an underlying pbt between $300million and $330million
• Directors declared a 45 cents per share fully franked interim dividend
• Difficult to achieve accelerated 2h ttv and revenue growth that flt currently expect
• Trading conditions globally remain uncertain, FX movements and airfare deflation may continue throughout 2H & slow bottom-line growth