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Airline Financial Data

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Third Quarter 2019 U.S. Airline Financial Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a third-quarter 2019 after-tax net profit of $4.6 billion, the 26th consecutive quarterly after-tax profit, and a pre-tax operating profit of $6.4 billion, the 34th consecutive quarterly pre-tax profit.

 

U.S. airline financial reports are filed quarterly with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for additional third-quarter 2019 (Tables 1-6) financial results.

Second Quarter 2019 U.S. Airline Financial Data

 

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a second-quarter 2019 after-tax net profit of $4.8 billion, the 25th consecutive quarterly after-tax profit, and a pre-tax operating profit of $6.9 billion, the 33rd consecutive quarterly pre-tax profit.

U.S. airline financial reports are filed quarterly with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for additional second-quarter 2019 (Tables 1-6) financial results.

First Quarter 2019 U.S. Airline Financial Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a first-quarter 2019 after-tax net profit of $2.4 billion, the 24th consecutive annual after tax profit, and a pre-tax operating profit of $3.3 billion, the 32nd consecutive quarterly pre-tax profit.

2018 Annual and 4th Quarter U.S. Airline Financial Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a 2018 after-tax net profit of $11.8 billion, the sixth consecutive annual after tax profit, and a pre-tax operating profit of $17.6 billion, the 10th consecutive annual pre-tax profit.