Top 25 world airlines by profit.

Lifted this from a.net.

APPENDIX: OPERATING PROFITS BY AIRLINE
Top 25 Airlines by Operating Profitability, Fiscal Year 2005 (* = Fiscal Year 2004)
By Total Operating Profit
Rank Airline US$ m
1 FedEx * 1,414
2 British Airways 1,330
3 Air France-KLM 1,200
4 Lufthansa 877
5 Southwest 820
6 Emirates 786
7 All Nippon 776
8 Qantas * 775
9 Singapore Airlines 590
10 Cathay Pacific 533
11 Ryanair 459
12 Air China 458
13 Iberia 457
14 Air Canada 388
15 UPS Airlines 293
16 Thai Airlines 269
17 Gol Airlines 266
18 TAM 232
19 American Eagle 225
20 SkyWest 220
21 Korean Airlines 207
22 Virgin Blue 184
23 China Eastern *179
24 LAN Airlines 142
25 Asiana* 136


Rank by profit margin ( %)
1 Gol Airlines 23.3
2 Ryanair 21.8
3 Air Asia 18.9
4 COPA 17.3
5 Kenya Airlines 15.6
6 Philippine Airlines 13.7
7 DHL International * 12.5
8 Kalitta Air 12.3
9 Emirates 11.9
10 Mesa Airlines 11.7
11 American Eagle 11.3
12 SkyWest 11.2
13 Southwest 10.8
14 Jet Airways * 10.3
15 Air China 9.6
16 Virgin Blue 9.6
17 TAM 9.5
18 Singapore Airlines 9.1
19 Royal Jordanian 9.0
20 Qantas * 8.9
21 Atlantic Southeast 8.5
22 British Airways 8.3
23 Aer Lingus 8.2
24 Cathay Pacific 8.1
25 FedEx* 7.2
Source: Airclaims Financial Database, IATA

Wonder where VS are?

John

Interesting statistics[y]
Ryan Air must be doing something right despite the seemingly constant bad press against them!

I'm sure the accountants amongst us can explain to me how comes Fedex comes top of the operating profits list but bottom of the profit margin list.
Are letters and parcels too demanding in their amenity pack requirements?;)

Virgin blue's profit was more than twice that of VS at $75M (ish)[:0]

VS.

Lies, damn lies, and statistics???[:w]

Originally posted by PVGSLF
I'm sure the accountants amongst us can explain to me how comes Fedex comes top of the operating profits list but bottom of the profit margin list.

Not an accountant but I assume it is to do with huge turnover that Fedex has. 7.2% gross profit on 1414$m represents a turnover of 1.963$Billion whereas the trio of cheap airlines Gol, Ryanair and Air Asia (interestingly representing one from each of three continents, S. America, Europe and Asia) have obviously mastered the art of maximising profits by holding on to a much larger share of their revenue.

I guess FedEx could be said to offer all their clients free transfer. .

Interesting figures - Thanks.

Phil FM

Really interesting statistics, didnt expect Cathay Pacific even not in top ten....

[mcmbenjamin]

Anyone have profit per pass. carried data; preferably in the native bling?

The profit margin percentage is the telling indicator here (gross profit is just really a function of how big you are) - and looking at that list I would have thought VS were just bubbling under the 25th place in the same ball park as the likes of QF/BA/CX.

Interesting thing (OK - maybe only interesting to the irremediably sad)is how profitable Emirates are. They are the highest-ranked "full service, wide network" carrier there, and turn in a better percentage profit than a whole stack of low cost operators.

Admittedly the boundaries between Emirates and the UAE state is pretty blurred*, but EK have invested massively in a short space of time and to be seeing the returns already is good going.

*apparently I read the other day that Emirates have the same triple-A credit rating as the UAE itself - because the markets are 100% confident that the ruling family would bail the airline out with its own money than ever allow it to go bust! That must make raising commercial finance a lot cheaper and easier...