SYDNEY: Australian flag carrier Qantas on Thursday posted a record annual net loss of Aus$2.84 billion ($2.65 billion), but chief executive Alan Joyce insisted clearer skies lie ahead after aggressively cutting costs.

The worse-than-expected result compared with a wafer-thin profit in the previous year, with one-off restructuring and redundancy payouts hammering the bottom line.

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