Third Quarter 2018 U.S. Airline Financial Data
Date: Monday, December 10, 2018
Results for All 21 Scheduled U.S. Passenger Airlines:
Airline Financial Data
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311
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Significant Regulatory Guidance
No
Second Quarter 2018 U.S. Airline Financial Data
Date: Monday, September 17, 2018
Results for All 21 Scheduled U.S. Passenger Airlines:
First Quarter 2018 U.S. Airline Financial Data
Results for All 21 Scheduled U.S. Passenger Airlines:
After-tax net income
- $1.7 billion in 1Q 2018
- down from $5.1 billion in 4Q 2017
- down from $1.9 billion in 1Q 2017
Pre-tax operating profit
- $2.6 billion in 1Q 2018
- down from $4.1 billion in 4Q 2017
- down from $3.3 billion in 1Q 2017
- Total operating revenue: $42.5 billion
- $33.1 billion from fares, 73.7 percent of total first-quarter operating revenue
- $1.1 billion in baggage fees, 2.6 percent of total operating revenue
- $661.9 million from reservation change fees, 1.6 percent of total operating revenue
- Total operating expenses: $39.9 billion
- Fuel costs accounted for $7.4 billion, 18.5 percent of total operating expenses
- Labor costs accounted for $13.5 billion, 33.9 percent of total operating expenses
Fees are included for calculations of net income, operating revenue and operating profit or loss.
3rd Quarter 2017 Airline Financial Data
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported an after-tax net profit of $3.7 billion in the third quarter of 2017, down from $4.7 billion in the second quarter and down from $3.8 billion in the third quarter of 2016, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.