After slowdown in 2025, Airlink gearing up for major expansion in 2026

Air Link Communication Ltd (Airlink) is preparing for a year of expansion after a softer patch in 2025. Management briefings with analysts indicate the company plans to step up output in mobile phones, switch on its new laptop assembly line for Acer-branded devices, and begin commercial shipments of television sets, even as it courts global partners for a broader push into white goods. The pivot comes as Pakistan’s import regime normalises and as taxes and finance costs start to ease from last year’s peak – conditions that had pinched the top line in 2025 but have begun to turn in the company’s favour in early 2026.

Airlink’s financial year to June 30, 2025, showed a visible slowdown in revenue versus 2024. Consolidated net sales fell to about Rs104.0 billion in FY2025, down 20% from Rs129.7 billion in FY2024, according to analyst briefing tables shared after the October corporate call. Yet profit after tax still edged up to Rs4.7 billion, with EPS at Rs12.0 versus Rs11.7 the year before, helped by a stronger gross margin and operating leverage.