dp aircraft i ltd said thursday that it swung to pretax profit in the first half of the year despite a fall in revenue as finance costs were lower and as it recorded a significantly reduced provision compared with the prior year the uk aircraftleasing group said it swung to a pretax profit of 30 million from a loss of 242 million for the same period the previous year the company said it booked a 11 million provision on straight lining lease asset for the period compared with a 125 million provision the year before and incurred lower finance costs revenue fell to 76 million from 129 million the prior year net asset value per share rose to 1880 cents from 1737 cents at the end of 2021 during the period we have seen an improvement in the global aviation market following the challenges resulting from the effects of the covid19 pandemic on its operations chairman jon bridel said