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. The content in this publication is expensive to produce. But unlike other journalistic outfits, business publications have to cover the very organizations that directly give them advertisements. Hence, this large source of revenue, which is the lifeblood of other media houses, is severely compromised on account of Profit’s no-compromise policy when it comes to our reporting. No wonder, Profit has lost multiple ad deals, worth tens of millions of rupees, due to stories that held big businesses to account. Hence, for our work to continue unfettered, it must be supported by discerning readers who know the value of quality business journalism, not just for the economy but for the society as a whole.To read the full article, subscribe and support independent business journalism in Pakistan
