Oct 24 (Reuters) - Qantas Airways Ltd QAN.AX :
* QTRLY TOTAL GROUP REVENUE UP BY 1.8 PERCENT TO A RECORD $4.56 BILLION
* QTRLY TOTAL GROUP CAPACITY WAS DOWN 0.2 PER CENT
* GROUP HAS FULLY HEDGED ITS FUEL FOR FY20
* GROUP CAPACITY IS EXPECTED TO GROW BY BETWEEN 0.5 TO 1.0 PER CENT IN FIRST HALF
* GROUP'S FULL YEAR FUEL COST IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE $3.98 BILLION
* GROUP REMAINS ON TRACK TO DELIVER AT LEAST $400 MILLION IN TRANSFORMATION BENEFITS IN FY20
* PROTESTS IN HONG KONG WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT GROUP'S FIRST HALF PROFIT PERFORMANCE BY $25 MILLION
* SEES FULL YEAR WORST CASE TOTAL FUEL COST AT $4.05 BILLION
* TWO MORE DREAMLINERS WILL BE ADDED TO QANTAS INTERNATIONAL BY END OF CALENDAR 2019
* OFF MARKET BUYBACK OF UP TO 79.7 MILLION SHARES, WILL SHORTLY COMMENCE WITH TENDER PERIOD CLOSING ON 1 NOVEMBER 2019
* FURTHER DETERIORATION IN GLOBAL TRADE CONDITIONS IMPACTED FREIGHT DEMAND WITH AN EXPECTED PROFIT IMPACT OF $25-30 MILLION FOR FULL YEAR