FedEx #1! Top Airlines by Operating Profitability
 

OPERATING PROFITS BY AIRLINE
Top 25 Airlines by Operating Profitability, Fiscal Year 2005 (* = Fiscal Year 2004)

By Total Operating Profit
Rank Airline US$ m
1 FedEx * 1,414
2 British Airways 1,330
3 Air France-KLM 1,200
4 Lufthansa 877
5 Southwest 820
6 Emirates 786
7 All Nippon 776
8 Qantas * 775
9 Singapore Airlines 590
10 Cathay Pacific 533
11 Ryanair 459
12 Air China 458
13 Iberia 457
14 Air Canada 388
15 UPS Airlines 293
16 Thai Airlines 269
17 Gol Airlines 266
18 TAM 232
19 American Eagle 225
20 SkyWest 220
21 Korean Airlines 207
22 Virgin Blue 184
23 China Eastern *179
24 LAN Airlines 142
25 Asiana* 136

profitability
 

guess ups doesnt make the list because they aren't an airline...just a trucking company..lol

Pilot7576

profitability
 

guess to be more accurate, they don't show the airline making as much money as the ground side...

Pilot7576

Aren't they #15?

UPS figure excludes most likely the ground and logistics side, while the FedEx figure includes everything under the FedEx Corp. umbrella.

partial information, worthless rankings.