Sept 27 (Reuters) - Carnival Corp reported a 28 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday as the world's largest cruise operator benefited from higher ticket prices and on-board spending.
The company's net income rose to $1.71 billion, or $2.41 per share, in the third quarter ended Aug. 31, from $1.33 billion, or $1.83 per share, a year earlier.
Carnival's net revenue rose to $5.84 billion from $5.52 billion. (Reporting by Vibhuti Sharma in Bengaluru Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)