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THE AIRLINE BUSINESS TOP 50 AIRLINE GROUPS RANKED BY REVENUES - 2001 Ranking Group/Airline Country Revenues Op result (01) (00) $ million change $ million 1 (1) AMR* USA 18,963 -3.8% -1,860.0 2 (2) UALt USA 16,138 -16.6% -2,343.0 3 (5) Lufthansa Group Germany 14,957 9.8% -282.8 4 (3) Delta Air Lines USA 13,879 -17.1% -1,117.0 5 (4) Japan Airlines Japan 13,824 -5.6% -102.5 6 (6) British Airways UK 12,113 -10.1% -159.8 7 (8) Air France Group France 11,234 2.0% 210.7 8 (7) Northwest Airlines USA 9,905 -11.9% -868.0 9 (9) ANA Group/All Nippon Japan 9,621 -5.9% 183.5 10 (10) Continental Airlines USA 8,969 -9.4% -149.0 11 (11) US Airways USA 8,288 -10.6% -1,045.0 12 (13) Air Canada Canada 6,205 3.4% -472.0 13 (12) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Netherlands 5,857 -6.1% -84.3 14 (14) Southwest Airlines USA 5,555 -1.7% 631.1 15 (17) Qantas Airways Australia 5,473 11.9% 373.8 16 (15) Singapore Airlines Singapore 5,353 -5.1% 557.2 17 (16) Alitalia Italy 5,274 -0.2% -260.8 18 (18) SAS Sweden 4,984 8.2% -108.6 19 (20) Korean Air South Korea 4,418 1.4% -162.6 20 (32) Air New Zealand New Zealand 4,281 113.8% 582.3 21 (21) Iberia Group Spain 4,240 5.6% 4.4 22 (19) Cathay Pacific China 3,902 -11.8% 106.7 23 (23) Japan Air System Japan 3,099 0.1% 88.5 24 (22) Cintra§ Mexico 3,062 -11.0% 312.7 25 (24) Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabia 3,050 0.6% 26 (25) Thai Airways Thailand 2,961 14.3% 27.9 27 (28) Varig Brazil 2,578 14.0% -369.2 28 (26) Malaysia Airlines Malaysia 2,288 -10.5% 417.5 29 (30) Alaska Air Group USA 2,141 -1.7% -111.6 30 (33) Emirates Group UAE 2,128 12.9% 201.1 31 (31) China Airlines Taiwan 2,071 -4.0% 48.3 32 (34) China Southern Airlines China 2,039 11.2% 169.2 33 (29) Virgin Group UK 2,030 -9.6% 34 (27) America West Airlines 35 (35) Austrian Airlines Group USA 2,021 -11.8% -276.2 Austria 1,946 10.4% -79.7 36 (36) Air China China , 1,769 6.1% 226.5 37 (37) Asiana Airlines South Korea 1,724 5.8% 34.5 38 (38) EVA Air Taiwan 1,554 -3.8% 9.7 39 (39) Finnair Finland 1,506 -3.3% .11.9 40 (42) China Eastern Airlines China 1,468 8.3% 135.7 41 (46) South African Airways South Africa 1,434 26.1% -199.0 42 (40) LanChile Chile 1,428 0.2% 50.3 43 (55) THY Turkish Airlines Turkey 1,371 73.5% -141.7 44 (44) ATA Holdings USA 1,275 -1.2% -91.9 45 (41) Aeroflot Russia 1,220 -11.1% -280.0 46 (45) AerLingus Ireland 1,207 -1.8% -45.1 47 (56) TAM Holding Brazil 1,185 143.2% 16.4 48 (54) Hapag-Lloyd Germany 1,125 38.4% 49 (49) TAP Air Portugal Portugal 1,123 4.7% 17.9 50 (43) EIAI Israel 1,104 -15.4% 229.1 Operatin 2001 -9.8% -14.5% -1.9% -8.0% -0.7% -1.3% 1.9% -8.8% 1.9% -1.7% -12.6% -7.6% -1.4% 11.4% 6.8% 10.4% -4.9% -2.2% -3.7% 13.6% 0.1% 2.7% 2.9% 10.2% 0.9% -14.3% 18.2% -5.2% 9.5% 2.3% 8.3% -13.7% -4.1% 12.8% 2.0% 0.6% 0.8% 9.2% -13.9% 3.5% -10.3% -7.2% -23.0% -3.7% 1.4% 1.6% 20.8% 3 margin 2000 7.0% 4.1% 9.7% 10.4% 4.6% 4.1% 3.6% 5.1% 6.4% 7.4% -0.6% 0.9% 4.0% 18.1% 9.6% 13.5% -4.3% 6.4% 1.0% 5.8% 1.5% 15.3% 4.5% 16.0% -4.5% 4.3% -5.3% 19.8% 0.2% 10.8% 6.6% 7.8% 0.0% -0.6% 4.3% 9.8% 8.1% 9.1% 6.4% 10.0% -16.1% 3.4% -13.3% 0.2% -0.7% 5.8% 15.3% -5.2% 20.4% To Net re 2001 -1,762.0 -2,145.0 -567.4 -1,216.0 -315.6 -187.4 137.2 -423.0 -57.3 -95.0 -1,969.0 -809.7 -139.9 511.1 223.2 357.9 -812.8 -103.1 -459.2 -757.7 44.9 84.2 4.5 -138.9 43.7 -204.3 -219.9 -39.5 164.2 52.9 41.1 -131.9 -149.0 -148.8 4.9 -124.2 -94.1 6.4 65.5 224.9 10.8 16.4 -76.3 20.1 -125.4 -24.0 -39.4 -85.2 p5C 2000 813.0 50.0 635.2 828.0 370.1 119.6 382.2 256.0 363.5 342.0 -269.0 -55.2 69.9 603.1 324.3 935.4 -235.7 232.9 -409.2 93.5 187.9 642.3 13.6 82.4 -179.7 120.8 -97.6 -109.9 -70.3 144.7 94.2 60.6 67.2 4.7 48.8 -78.2 -93.4 80.6 100.4 21.2 55.7 38.7 -102.3 -15.7 8.6 66.0 22.7 -112.5 -109.1 )airlii Period to end: Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Mar 02 Mar 02 Mar 02 Dec 01 Mar 02 nes Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Mar 02 Dec 01 Jun01 Mar 02 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Jun-01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Mar 02 Dec 01 Dec 01 Sep-01 Dec 01 Mar 02 Dec 01 Mar 02 Dec 01 Dec 01 Apr 02 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Mar 02 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 Dec 01 *S?£$P Note: adapted from a table that first appeared in the September 2002 issue of sister publication Airline Business. Ranking is based on mainline airline groups only and excludes travel and cargo companies that would otherwise appear in the rankings. Major airlines held by groups: "American Airlines, tUnited Airlines, §Aeromexico, Mexicana. Financial table notes: excludes exceptional items including major divestments and acquisitions. Mainline airlines exclude charter and cargo airlines. DEFINITIONS Revenue: converted into US dollars at the annual average rate of exchange for the entire financial year. Change: percentage change in revenue, given in local currency to avoid distortions from currency fluctuation. Op result: the operating result, taken as the profit or loss from operations (after normal expenses including depreciation, but before finance charges, exceptional items and tax). Not all groups give sufficient details of accounts to ensure that this definition is followed in all cases. Net result: after all costs and exceptional items and contributions from subsidiaries. Op margin: operating margins, showing profits or losses as a percentage of revenues allowing comparisons between the performance of different groups. Net margin: margin after all costs and exceptional items and contributions from subsidiaries. Year end: results are for the reporting year 2000, ending in the month shown. Sources: results are taken from published annual reports wherever available. For non-listed companies, figures have been collated from press statements and other sources, including lATA's World Air Transport Statistics. www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 29 OCTOBER - 4 NOVEMBER 2002 39
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