Airline Business 100 - 1994

Rank

Airline

Revenue

US$M

OpResult

US$M

NetResult

US$M

net

margin %

fleet

Total

emps

Revenue Tonne kilometres (mil)

Revenue

Pax km

Pax

millions

Load

Factor %

Year

End

93

92

Pax

Freight

Total

1

1

AMR Corp (American)

15,816.0

690.0

(110.0)

-0.7

667

118,900

14,058

2,078

16,136

156,302

82.50

60.4

Dec-93

2

2

UAL Corp (United)

14,511.0

263.0

(50.0)

-0.3

544

85,000

14,783

2,929

17,711

162,954

70.00

67.2

Dec-93

3

3

Delta Air Lines

12,375.6

(274.9)

(849.5)

-6.9

563

69,537

12,107

1,912

14,019

133,454

84.81

62.3

Dec-93

4

4

Lufthansa Group

10,723.1

(5.0)

(55.4)

-0.5

301

60,514

6,637

4,963

11,768

67,018

35.60

68.0

Dec-93

5

5

Air France Group

9,732.0

(590.9)

(1,495.5)

-15.4

225

61,759

5,484

3,809

9,293

55,393

32.27

67.6

Dec-93

6

6

British Airways

9,478.2

745.9

430.1

4.5

253

49,628

8,345

2,991

11,336

92,713

30.60

70.0

Mar-94

7

7

Japan Airlines

8,542.0

(269.0)

(231.9)

-2.7

111

21,559

5,036

3,493

8,529

56,667

24.60

66.4

Mar-94

8

9

Federal Express

8,479.5

530.6

204.4

2.4

458

91,449

-

6,369

6,369

-

-

-

May-94

9

8

Northwest Airlines

8,448.0

330.8

81.2

1.0

358

43,489

9,447

3,529

12,975

94,466

44.22

66.7

Dec-93

10

10

All Nippon Airways

7,950.0

28.4

(86.8)

-1.1

130

14,569

2,910

712

3,622

36,881

33.72

62.3

Mar-94

11

11

USAir Group

7,083.0

(75.0)

(393.0)

-5.5

441

45,400

5,187

422

5,609

56,681

53.70

59.2

Dec-93

12

13

Continental Airlines

5,775.3

(17.7)

2,601.6

45.0

305

34,871

6,459

995

7,453

64,587

38.88

63.2

Dec-93

13

12

SAS Group

5,022.0

260.8

(80.4)

-1.6

169

37,330

1,637

470

2,107

18,138

18.62

63.5

Dec-93

14

14

Alitalia

4,675.7

28.4

(214.3)

-4.6

161

20,363

2,555

1,369

3,924

28,386

19.57

65.5

Dec-93

15

15

KLM Royal Dutch AL

4,611.5

248.3

54.8

1.2

101

24,048

3,636

3,006

6,642

38,606

11.20

71.2

Mar-94

16

16

Swissair

4,326.4

145.9

39.9

0.9

62

16,588

1,671

1,243

2,961

17,198

7.81

61.5

Dec-93

17

20

Qantas

4,111.7

23.3

(266.9)

-6.5

123

22,561

3,764

1,422

5,186

40,603

12.20

69.3

Jun-93

18

19

Singapore Airlines

3,974.8

522.0

510.5

12.8

64

24,377

4,085

2,973

7,059

42,328

9.47

71.4

Mar-94

19

22

Korean Air Lines

3,342.4

384.4

14.6

0.4

92

15,862

2,449

3,335

5,784

25,907

16.49

67.2

Dec-93

20

17

Iberia

3,316.1

(130.6)

(548.6)

-16.5

112

24,476

2,053

588

2,641

22,814

14.38

66.7

Dec-93

21

18

Trans World Airlines

3,157.4

(281.3)

623.8

19.8

186

26,050

3,327

620

3,947

36,673

19.04

63.5

Dec-93

22

21

Cathay Pacific Airways

3,103.6

296.9

296.4

9.6

53

13,857

2,838

1,996

4,834

29,097

8.86

70.0

Dec-93

23

23

Air Canada

2,789.4

0.8

(252.7)

-9.1

100

18,200

2,010

856

2,866

22,157

9.50

65.1

Dec-93

24

28

Varig

2,516.7

39.1

(97.2)

-3.9

83

25,152

2,077

1,123

3,200

22,131

9.16

61.5

Dec-93

25

27

Saudia

2,490.9

(78.8)

(36.3)

-1.5

111

23,924

1,759

762

2,521

19,539

12.35

61.4

Dec-93

26

26

Japan Air System

2,476.9

(44.9)

(101.4)

-4.1

74

5,540

851

117

1,003

12,198

14.99

62.0

Mar-94

27

29

Thai Airways Int'l

2,333.8

184.6

55.0

2.4

62

19,560

2,005

1,020

3,066

22,208

10.20

65.6

Sep-93

28

25

PWA Corp (Canadian AL)

2,304.9

(50.4)

(226.4)

-9.8

120

14,745

1,956

635

2,592

21,592

7.63

69.2

Dec-93

29

34

Southwest Airlines

2,296.7

292.0

169.6

7.4

178

15,175

2,749

33

2,782

30,299

36.96

68.4

Dec-93

30

31

LTU Group

2,046.9

NR

45.4

2.2

29

3,690

1,498

119

1,616

16,639

6.10

82.1

Dec-93

31

30

Ansett Transport Ind

1,875.7

41.8

(127.2)

-6.8

76

11,500

NR

NR

NR

10,757

10.65

75.9

Jun-93

32

36

Airborne Express

1,720.0

83.1

39.1

2.3

90

15,000

-

NR

NR

-

-

-

Dec-93

33

35

China Airlines

1,629.3

139.1

115.4

7.1

33

8,104

1,358

1,430

2,788

15,104

6.24

75.0

Dec-93

34

37

Malaysia Airlines

1,569.2

0.8

2.7

0.2

94

19,509

1,525

695

2,220

18,192

12.40

63.9

Mar-94

35

32

Garuda Indonesia

1,506.5

30.5

3.7

0.2

73

14,026

1,594

582

2,176

17,354

5.48

54.0

Dec-93

36

33

Sabena

1,446.8

(30.0)

(132.5)

-9.2

54

9,043

584

420

1,004

6,485

3.65

55.5

Dec-93

37

38

Aer Lingus*

1,362.1

1.3

(313.4)

-23.0

31

12,500

361

149

510

4,006

4.30

68.0

Mar-93

38

39

America West Airlines

1,323.0

124.0

40.6

3.1

85

10,346

1,638

124

1,762

18,058

14.74

65.4

Dec-93

39

42

United Parcel Service

1,273.6

59.7

26.1

2.1

148

3,422

-

3,638

3,638

-

-

-

Dec-93

40

40

Air New Zealand

1,261.4

75.7

75.3

6.0

29

8,315

1,263

469

1,732

13,282

4.85

68.2

Jun-93

41

46

Alaska Air Group

1,128.3

(16.8)

(30.9)

-2.7

122

8,458

977

132

1,110

9,775

9.19

58.3

Dec-93

42

41

South African Airways

1,098.6

14.6

(36.7)

-3.3

45

10,010

924

336

1,260

10,832

4.70

62.0

Mar-94

43

57

Air China

1,040.6

27.1

33.3

3.2

61

14,000

1,163

575

1,738

10,907

4.51

64.7

Dec-93

44

45

Finnair

1,037.7

32.2

25.7

2.5

56

9,408

852

187

1,039

9,225

4.92

70.1

Mar-94

45

47

TAP Air Portugal

1,035.0

(88.0)

(226.2)

-21.9

36

9,441

708

171

892

7,868

3.60

70.0

Dec-93

46

51

Gulf Air

1,018.9

53.3

32.8

3.2

39

5,708

815

351

1,187

8,764

4.29

63.4

Dec-93

47

52

Aeromexico

1,017.1

8.2

(80.2)

-7.9

57

5,846

844

84

929

9,957

7.63

60.3

Dec-93

48

56

Philippine Airlines

1,013.4

18.5

(10.4)

-1.0

45

13,912

1,506

316

1,822

11,459

5.81

69.7

Mar-94

49

50

El Al

947.1

9.2

9.9

1.0

22

3,412

805

966

1,772

8,949

2.15

72.7

Dec-93

50

49

Austrian Airlines

946.0

65.5

43.2

4.6

32

4,199

425

94

519

4,591

3.09

60.6

Dec-93

93

92

1993

US$ millions

1993

1993

fleet

Passenger

Freight

Total

millions

millions

1993

51

43

Aeroflot RIA

945.7

286.8

146.7

15.5

110

14,397

1,344

387

1,731

14,934

3.67

64.0

Dec-93

52

48

Mexicana

940.8

(86.2)

(96.9)

-10.3

55

7,040

841

34

875

8,897

6.98

58.1

Dec-93

53

60

Air-India*

889.7

99.7

114.7

12.9

25

17,717

765

321

1,095

8,487

2.20

64.6

Mar-93

54

54

Olympic Airways

880.2

(56.6)

(588.2)

-66.8

57

10,754

711

127

838

7,899

5.48

61.3

Dec-93

55

58

Pakistan Int'l Airlines

859.2

NR

12.2

1.4

46

20,556

905

421

1,326

9,901

5.65

64.5

Jun-93

56

59

Turkish Airlines

854.4

(103.8)

(120.1)

-14.1

58

8,689

706

168

874

7,675

6.10

58.9

Dec-93

57

53

Britannia Airways

847.0

71.1

NR

NR

36

3,100

1,636

-

1,636

18,179

7.64

NR

Dec-93

58

55

Aerolineas Argentinas

795.9

(154.2)

(223.2)

-28.0

46

6,650

766

184

950

7,892

3.40

58.4

Jun-93

59

24

DHL Airways

766.5

16.5

19.6

2.6

170

7,400

-

309

309

-

-

-

Dec-93

60

0

China Eastern Group

710.9

106.8

114.6

16.1

49

7,291

487

375

863

6,676

5.50

73.9

Dec-93

61

61

Airlines of Britain Hldgs

692.0

(7.7)

(5.6)

-0.8

66

4,816

339

8

347

3,767

6.40

67.1

Dec-93

62

0

Asiana Airlines

622.5

(1.7)

(75.4)

-12.1

27

3,886

499

404

903

5,706

5.98

59.0

Dec-93

63

0

Hapag Lloyd

617.5

NR

NR

NR

21

1,424

NR

NR

NR

8,795

3.60

80.0

Dec-93

64

62

Virgin Atlantic

614.9

NR

0.8

0.1

8

2,544

853

294

1,147

9,375

1.36

75.5

Oct-93

65

63

China Southern Group

580.0

NR

95.2

16.4

54

8,484

577

98

674

7,328

6.46

76.6

Dec-93

66

73

TAT European Airways

550.0

NR

NR

NR

43

3,000

49

NR

49

NR

NR

NR

Dec-93

67

64

Martinair Holland

530.1

26.7

41.7

7.9

12

2,055

742

1,179

1,921

NR

NR

NR

Dec-93

68

0

Emirates*

497.0

32.0

3.0

0.6

16

3,217

447

218

665

4,638

1.60

66.9

Mar-93

69

68

Royal Air Maroc

487.0

6.0

1.2

0.2

31

5,280

327

54

381

4,720

2.40

68.8

Dec-93

70

67

Air Afrique

487.0

(29.0)

(29.0)

-6.0

12

4,264

200

171

371

2,219

0.70

60.4

Dec-93

71

70

Indian Airlines*

483.9

(25.2)

(62.4)

-12.9

54

22,470

576

110

685

7,201

7.82

73.6

Mar-93

72

71

Monarch Airlines

482.9

29.8

28.9

6.0

24

2,334

874

4

878

10,386

3.90

89.1

Apr-94

73

66

Braathens Safe

481.0

50.0

3.4

0.7

23

2,853

199

8

206

2,321

4.30

62.3

Dec-93

74

77

Amtran (American Trans Air)

467.9

5.7

3.0

0.6

32

3,200

865

-

865

9,535

3.15

67.0

Dec-93

75

87

Transbrasil

467.1

(45.2)

(68.9)

-14.8

25

4,947

373

201

573

4,140

2.50

52.2

Dec-93

76

74

Aviaco

454.0

40.0

10.0

2.2

43

1,847

211

9

220

2,414

4.90

59.0

Dec-93

77

83

Avianca

450.5

(21.0)

8.1

1.8

24

3,368

362

58

420

3,364

3.17

59.2

Dec-93

78

82

Royal Jordanian

450.0

65.0

2.8

0.6

16

5,240

368

231

605

4,085

1.20

64.4

Dec-93

79

80

Tunis Air

442.9

69.4

45.9

10.4

22

6,253

317

19

336

3,560

2.50

67.4

Dec-93

80

65

Egyptair

430.0

NR

(8.9)

-2.1

41

15,317

532

143

675

5,857

3.28

57.8

Dec-93

81

0

Air Algerie

412.0

0.7

0.7

0.2

42

8,722

260

12

272

2,889

3.43

68.0

Dec-93

82

79

Kuwait Airways

410.0

(56.8)

4.9

1.2

28

5,338

346

232

583

3,755

1.49

60.5

Jun-93

83

76

Air 2000

409.4

36.5

21.3

5.2

19

1,259

923

-

923

10,700

4.00

92.3

Oct-93

84

0

AOM French Airlines

380.3

(32.0)

(32.8)

-8.6

15

1,253

509

103

612

5,656

1.23

67.7

Dec-93

85

84

Nippon Cargo Airlines

375.4

(27.1)

(45.9)

-12.2

6

635

-

1,292

1,292

-

-

-

Mar-94

86

69

Vasp

367.8

33.7

(150.7)

-41.0

25

5,358

322

190

512

3,699

2.72

55.9

Dec-93

87

85

LOT Polish Airlines

365.9

(7.8)

2.3

0.6

37

4,283

328

55

383

3,649

1.39

64.4

Dec-93

88

0

Mesa Airlines Inc

353.6

41.9

26.4

7.5

164

3,099

133

NR

133

1,475

4.45

50.3

Sep-93

89

78

Air UK

345.0

0.9

(4.5)

-1.3

35

1,749

96

2

98

1,063

2.20

54.5

Dec-93

90

88

Malev Hungarian Airlines

342.0

(9.4)

0.6

0.2

24

3,548

154

11

164

1,707

1.30

56.3

Dec-93

91

0

Tower Air

341.8

24.5

9.9

2.9

15

672

472

70

542

5,198

0.95

78.4

Dec-93

92

0

Iran Air*

325.6

2.1

7.2

2.2

37

10,847

518

108

626

5,758

5.20

72.0

Dec-92

93

90

Viasa

320.0

(16.0)

NR

NR

19

2,000

307

155

462

3,411

0.83

54.8

Dec-93

94

91

LanChile

318.0

10.5

0.3

0.1

13

2,227

209

295

504

2,322

1.04

60.2

Dec-93

95

86

Aero Lloyd

317.0

6.7

(4.3)

-1.4

19

830

423

-

423

4,700

2.00

75.5

Dec-93

96

89

Evergreen International AL

312.6

19.6

(8.1)

-2.6

24

639

14

485

498

150

0.04

61.5

Dec-93

97

0

Taesa

309.0

20.0

5.0

1.6

32

1,976

344

NR

344

3,820

2.08

63.0

Dec-93

98

81

HAL Inc (Hawaiian Air)

297.1

(30.6)

(72.1)

-24.3

20

1,708

421

40

461

4,639

4.34

74.3

Dec-93

99

0

Comair

296.6

47.3

28.5

9.6

79

2,145

101

NR

101

1,121

2.74

47.1

Mar-94

100

0

Atlantic Southeast AL

288.5

77.6

50.5

17.5

81

1,869

93

NR

93

1,032

2.66

46.9

Dec-93

TOTAL

228,727.8

4,363.5

(1,266.7)

-0.6

9,444

1,514,882

173,552

75,192

249,091

1,895,885

1,043.6

66.1