DUBAI, April 30 (Reuters) - Dubai-based courier Aramex ARMX.DU reported a 5 percent fall in first-quarter net profit on Sunday due to a rise in provisions related to the company's incentive scheme.

The company made a net profit of 91.8 million dirhams ($25.0 million)in the three months to March 31, it said in a statement. This compares with a profit of 96.9 million dirhams in the same period a year earlier.

EFG Hermes and SICO Bahrain forecast the firm would make a quarterly net profit of 109.1 million dirhams and 105.6 million dirhams respectively.

Not accounting for the provision, first quarter net profit would have been 105.1 million dirhams, an 8.5 percent rise from the same period of last year, it said.

The firm's revenue during the period was 1.1 million dirhams, up 7 percent from 1.0 million dirhams in the same period a year ago.

Aramex said its strong revenue performance in the first quarter was driven by growth across Asia Pacific, while revenue in other regions were hurt by currency fluctuations, particularly the Egyptian pound.

Egypt's central bank abandoned its currency peg of 8.8 pounds to the U.S. dollar on Nov. 3, hoping to unlock currency inflows and bring back foreign investors who were driven away after the 2011 uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak.

The float sent its currency falling the most in the world in the past six months. ($1 = 3.6728 UAE dirham)

(Reporting By Tom Arnold, editing by David Evans) ((Tom.Arnold@thomsonreuters.com; +97144536265; Reuters Messaging: tom.arnold.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))