| Selected Asian airline scheduled passenger statistics - financial years | |||||||||||
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Rank/Airline | Traffic | Capacity | Load factors | Yields | Unit costs | Year | |||||
| RPK m | change | change | 1997 | change | ¢/RPK | change | ¢/ASK* | change | End | ||
| 1 | Japan Airlines | 78,760 | 2.00% | 2.60% | 70.00% | -0.4 | 9.5 | -1.50% | 7 | -2.40% | Mar |
| 2 | Qantas | 59,199 | 8.40% | 7.30% | 72.70% | 0.7 | 7.9 | -6.00% | 7 | -4.00% | Jun |
| 3 | Singapore Airlines | 54,641 | -0.10% | 5.00% | 70.80% | -3.6 | 6.4 | 4.30% | 2.8 | 0.00% | Mar |
| 4 | All Nippon Airways | 51,930 | 8.50% | 10.80% | 64.80% | -1.4 | 12.2 | -6.10% | na | na | Mar |
| 5 | Cathay Pacific | 38,962 | -3.00% | 5.20% | 68.20% | -5.8 | 7.2 | -4.80% | 6.2 | -3.20% | Dec |
| 6 | Korean Air Lines | 40,170 | 5.20% | 8.60% | 68.40% | -2.2 | 6.9 | 6.60% | 7.1 | 0.00% | Dec |
| 7 | Thai Airways | 31,288 | 7.10% | 7.70% | 69.00% | -0.4 | 7 | 1.60% | 6.1 | 2.50% | Sep |
| 8 | Malaysian Airline System | 28,698 | 2.80% | 5.50% | 67.90% | -1.7 | 5.6 | 4.70% | 5 | 8.90% | Mar |
| 9 | Air New Zealand | 20,281 | 0.80% | -0.30% | 68.50% | 0.8 | 7.6 | -3.90% | 6.5 | -4.20% | Jun |
| 10 | China Southern | 17,810 | 6.40% | 15.00% | 65.30% | -5.3 | 7.2 | -6.30% | 4.7 | 2.60% | Dec |
| 11 | China Eastern | 10,051 | 16.70% | 19.10% | 64.20% | -1.3 | 8.2 | 0.10% | 5.5 | 2.50% | Dec |
| TOTAL | 421,739 | 3.70% | 6.30% | 68.90% | -1.7 | ||||||
| NOTES Figures for parent airlines only, excluding group subsidiaries. All traffic figures for financial years. Yields are estimates per RPK. Unit costs per ASK except *per RTK. RPK= revenue passenger kilometre. 1 mile = 1.609km | |||||||||||
| European airline scheduled passenger/freight statistics - calendar year 1997 | ||||||||||||
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Rank/Airline | Traffic (RPK) | Capacity | Load factors | Yield | Cargo traffic | Employees | ||||||
| RPK m | change | change | percent | change | ¢/RPK | change | FTKm | change | Dec 1997* | change | ||
| 1 | British Airways | 105,701 | 5.10% | 6.60% | 72.10% | -1 | 10.41 | 0% | 3,914 | 12.00% | 54,662 | 2% |
| 2 | Lufthansa | 71,353 | 12.80% | 7.00% | 72.50% | 3.7 | 11.19 | -2% | 6,164 | 2.40% | 34,009 | 0% |
| 3 | Air France | 69,987 | 21.80% | 23.20% | 75.00% | -0.9 | na | 6% | 4,913 | 5.50% | 46,000 | 19% |
| 4 | KLM | 55,388 | 13.40% | 8.30% | 78.60% | 3.5 | 7.15 | 7% | 3,734 | 0.80% | 26,030 | 0% |
| 5 | Alitalia | 35,992 | 4.20% | 0.10% | 71.70% | 2.8 | 10.63 | 1% | 1,440 | -1.10% | 17,561 | 4% |
| 6 | Iberia | 27,634 | 6.60% | 2.10% | 73.20% | 3.1 | na | na | 723 | -1.20% | 21,494 | -4% |
| 7 | Swissair | 25,253 | 19.00% | 9.10% | 70.60% | 5.9 | 12.84 | 3% | 18,311 | 2.80% | 16,883 | 2% |
| 8 | SAS | 20,331 | 4.30% | 2.20% | 64.90% | 1.3 | 17.54 | 2% | 697 | 12.80% | 22,524 | 19% |
| 9 | Turkish Airlines | 12,379 | 13.10% | 12.60% | 67.50% | 0.3 | na | na | 255 | 23.20% | 8,958 | 3% |
| 10 | Sabena | 11,274 | 25.10% | 12.60% | 65.60% | 6.5 | na | na | na | na | 9,700 | -10% |
| 11 | Finnair | 9,629 | 12.30% | 9.00% | 67.60% | 2 | na | na | 294 | 24.30% | 8,613 | 5% |
| 12 | Olympic Airways | 9,261 | 8.50% | 4.10% | 68.10% | 2.8 | na | na | 129 | 8.70% | 8,208 | -5% |
| 13 | TAP-Air Portugal | 8,773 | 10.00% | 3.00% | 71.00% | 4.5 | na | na | 235 | 12.00% | 8,000 | 7% |
| 14 | Austrian Airlines | 6,230 | 14.60% | 3.00% | 65.30% | 6.6 | na | na | 165 | 28.90% | 4,160 | 2% |
| 15 | Aer Lingus | 5,893 | 14.90% | 11.80% | 75.40% | 2 | na | na | 122 | 19.60% | 5,957 | 14% |
| TOTAL | 475,076 | 11.30% | 8.30% | 72.30% | 2 | na | na | 24,615 | 4.10% | 292,759 | 5% | |
| NOTES Figures for parent airlines only. All traffic figures for calendar year 1997 as reported to the Association of European Airlines. Steep rises in figures may reflect structural changes, eg Swissair has taken over Sabena cargo operations. *Employment figures are particularly vulnerable to corporate shifts. Yields for financial year. | ||||||||||||
| North American airline scheduled passenger statistics - 1997 | ||||||||||
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Rank/Airline | Traffic (RPK) | Capacity | Load factors | Passenger yields | Seat costs | |||||
| (millions) | change | change | (%) | change | ¢/RPK | change | ¢/ASK | change | ||
| 1 | United Airlines | 195,374 | 4.10% | 3.80% | 71.80% | 0.1 | 7.8 | 1.60% | 5.56 | 0.30% |
| 2 | American Airlines | 172,205 | 2.20% | 0.70% | 69.50% | 1 | 8.31 | 2.60% | 5.76 | 4.00% |
| 3 | Delta Air Lines | 160,398 | 6.10% | 3.80% | 71.80% | 1.6 | 7.98 | 0.50% | 5.49 | 2.30% |
| 4 | Northwest Airlines | 115,898 | 4.90% | 3.20% | 74.30% | 1.2 | 7.53 | -3.40% | 5.36 | -1.70% |
| 5 | Continental Airlines | 77,081 | 14.30% | 9.90% | 70.90% | 2.8 | 8.05 | -1.10% | 5.64 | 3.40% |
| 6 | USAir | 66,901 | 6.80% | 2.50% | 71.30% | 2.9 | 10.63 | -2.10% | 7.66 | -2.80% |
| 7 | Southwest Airlines | 45,624 | 4.70% | 9.20% | 63.70% | -2.8 | 7.98 | 6.40% | 4.6 | -1.30% |
| 8 | Trans World Airlines | 40,386 | -7.40% | -10.20% | 68.80% | 2 | 7.24 | 2.60% | 5.57 | 2.40% |
| 9 | Air Canada | 36,666 | 10.60% | 8.90% | 71.10% | 1.1 | 7.85 | 5.10% | 6.87 | 6.90% |
| 10 | America West Airlines | 26,072 | 5.80% | 9.00% | 68.80% | -2.1 | 6.77 | 1.90% | 4.52 | -2.20% |
| 11 | Canadian Airlines Int. | 25,779 | -0.80% | -3.00% | 72.70% | 1.6 | 6.26 | -2.10% | 5.23 | -3.60% |
| 12 | Alaska Airlines | 16,711 | 5.60% | 3.60% | 67.30% | 1.3 | 7.76 | 7.00% | 5.29 | 5.10% |
| TOTALS | 962,384 | 4.70% | 3.20% | 70.90% | 1 | 7.97 | 0.90% | 5.6 | 3.70% | |
| NOTE Unit costs exclude charges for employee share-ownership schemes and restructuring. RPK= revenue passenger kilometres 1mile=1.609km so ¢1/RPK=¢1.6/RPM. Canadian financial figures at annual average exchange rates. | ||||||||||
Source: Flight International
