Flight Centre jumps on guidance lift Flight Centre has lifted its earnings guidance for this year to as much as $340 million in pre-tax earnings due in part to a rebound holiday travel. Shares in Flight Centre surged 2.5 per cent, or 95 cents, to a record high of $39.12 this morning following the release of the profit upgrade. Australia's largest travel agency has raised its forecast for underlying pre-tax profits to between $325 million and $340 million for the year to June, from its previous guidance of $305 million-$315 million. Last year Flight Centre posted a record pre-tax profit of $290 million. Should it hit the latest targets, Flight Centre's earnings will rise by between 12 and 17 per cent on those achieved in the 2011-12 financial year. Flight Centre managing director Graham Turner said the businesses in all 10 countries in which it operated were profitable and several were set to post record pre-tax earnings this year. Mr Turner said the leisure business in its key market of Australia had rebounded in the second half of the financial year to more than offset a ""slightly softer"" corporate travel market. The UK, which is Flight Centre's other key market, was on track to deliver pre-tax earnings of more than £20 million ($30 million), a rise of more than 30 per cent on the year before.