SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Qantas Airways Ltd. has slashed its profit forecast for the current year and will cut back on services to cope with plummeting demand because of the global financial downturn.
Chief executive Geoff Dixon said in a statement Tuesday Qantas now expects its profit before tax for the year to the end of June 2009 to be around Australian dollars 500 million ($316 million).
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