2nd-Quarter 2011 Airline Financial Data: Network Airlines, Low-Cost Airlines and Regional Airlines All Report Profits

Scheduled Passenger Airline Profit/Loss 1Q 2008-2Q 2011

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Monday, November 7, 2011 – Scheduled passenger airlines reported a profit margin of 5.1 percent in the second quarter of 2011, up from the 0.5 percent loss margin in the first quarter but a smaller profit margin than the 9.0 percent margin during the second quarter of 2010, BTS reported today in a release of preliminary data (Table 1).

BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the network airlines reported an operating profit margin of 5.5 percent as a group in the April-to-June period. The low-cost group’s profit margin was 4.2 percent (Table 1). See Airline Financial Data Press Releases for historic data.

As part of their second-quarter revenue, the airlines collected $887 million in baggage fees (Table 1A) and $612 million from reservation change fees (Table 1B) from April to June.

Scheduled Passenger Airline Revenue from Baggage, Reservation Change Fees 1Q 2008-2Q 2011

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