May 2 (Reuters) - Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd QAN.AX said on Wednesday it expected a 10.7 percent rise in full-year underlying pretax profit, while posting a rise in third-quarter revenue.
The country's largest airline forecast it would report underlying profit before tax in the range of A$1.55 billion to A$1.60 billion ($1.16 billion-$1.20 billion) for the fiscal year ended June 30, compared with A$1.4 billion profit a year earlier, it said in its third-quarter update.
The guidance was in line with the average estimate of A$1.55 billion of eight analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Group revenue for the third quarter ended March 31 rose 7.5 percent to A$4.25 billion. ($1 = 1.3355 Australian dollars)