Performance reports
Full-year 2024 report for benchmark Asia-Pacific airlines
Full-year 2024 data for Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Asia-Pacific shows the region’s carriers essentially matching 2023’s operating profit and falling slightly short at a net level, in a year that started and ended with improved quarterly results
Full-year 2024 performance report for benchmark European airlines
Full-year 2024 data for Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Europe shows the region’s carriers falling short of 2023 profitability, albeit the gap was reduced as fortunes improved in the second half of the year and their results were significantly ahead of 2019 earnings.
Q4 2024 performance report for benchmark Asia-Pacific airlines
Full fourth-quarter 2024 data from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Asia-Pacific shows a strong year-end rebound in operating profit profitability after two consecutive quarters of decline.
Full-year 2024 performance report for benchmark North American airlines
Full-year 2024 data for Airline Business’ benchmark airlines in North America shows the region’s carriers falling short of 2023 and 2019 profitability, albeit the gap was reduced during the second six months of the year.
Q4 2024 performance report for benchmark European airlines
Full fourth-quarter 2024 data from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Europe shows the region ending the year on a brighter note, following a first nine months in which profitability had been consistently lower year on year.
Q4 2024 performance report for benchmark North American airlines
Full fourth-quarter data for Airline Business’ benchmark airlines in North America shows the region’s carriers posting improved operating profitability compared with the same three months of 2023, though net profits sagged
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Q3 2024 global performance report for benchmark airlines
The global airline industry saw its aggregate profitability improve in the key third quarter versus its second-quarter performance, albeit the year-on-year operating result was still down by around $1.7 billion year on year.
Q3 2024 performance report for benchmark Latin American airlines
Full third-quarter results from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in the Latin America region show them swinging to a net profit of almost $500 million
Q3 2024 performance report for benchmark Asia-Pacific airlines
Full third-quarter 2024 earnings from Airline Business’s benchmark carriers in the Asia-Pacific region show the fall in profitability that began in the April-June period continuing into the second half of the year, amid higher costs and yield moderation
Q3 2024 performance report for benchmark European airlines
Full third-quarter 2024 data from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Europe shows the region’s carriers arresting most of the year-on-year falls in profitability seen in the second quarter of the year
Q3 2024 performance report for benchmark North American airlines
Full third-quarter 2024 data for Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in North America shows an improved year-on-year profitability picture since the second quarter
Q2 2024 global performance report for benchmark airlines
The global airline industry saw its profitability weaken year on year during the second quarter of 2024, as carriers grappled with moderating yields and rising capacity.
Q2 2024 performance report for benchmark Asia-Pacific airlines
Full second-quarter 2024 earnings from Airline Business’s benchmark carriers in the Asia-Pacific region show profitability dropping year on year, in contrast to the region’s first-quarter performance
Q2 2024 performance report for benchmark European airlines
Full second-quarter 2024 data from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Europe shows the region’s carriers comfortably in profit at an aggregate level, albeit operating and net profits both fell by more than $1.3 billion year on year
Q2 2024 performance report for benchmark Latin American airlines
Full second-quarter results from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in the Latin America region show them plunging into a deep net loss at an aggregate level
Q2 2024 performance report for benchmark North American airlines
Full second-quarter 2024 data for Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in North America shows that weaker year-on-year profitability continued into the second three months of the year
Airline Business Rankings
Airline Business Rankings: 2023 – the year traffic caught back up
Leading global airline groups all but caught up with 2019 traffic and capacity last year, even if it remains a mixed picture across different operators and regions
Airline Business Rankings: Strong financial return for leading airlines in 2023
The latest Airline Business Rankings show that profitability among the top 100 operators reached highs beyond 2019 levels off the back of record revenues, but that carriers now find themselves at very different points of the recovery cycle
Airline Business Rankings: How airline top order has re-established after Covid
For all the talk of coming out of Covid differently, now that the industry has all but returned to the point it was at when the pandemic hit, the list of leading players has a familiar feel to it.
Airline Business Rankings: How Latin American carriers rebounded in 2023
Latin America’s leading airline groups enjoyed a strong 2023 as both revenues and profits outstripped pre-pandemic levels almost across the board
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