This statistic presents the world's most profitable airline groups in 2017, based on revenue. In that year, American Airlines generated revenue to the value of over 42 billion U.S. dollars, making it the most profitable airline group in the world.
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Leading airline groups worldwide in 2017, based on revenue (in billion U.S. dollars)*
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This statistic presents the world's most profitable airline groups in 2017, based on revenue. In that year, American Airlines generated revenue to the value of over 42 billion U.S. dollars, making it the most profitable airline group in the world.
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This statistic presents the world's most profitable airline groups in 2017, based on revenue. In that year, American Airlines generated revenue to the value of over 42 billion U.S. dollars, making it the most profitable airline group in the world.
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- July 2018
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- * Values are for the fiscal year ending December 2017.
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- 2017
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- * Values are for the fiscal year ending December 2017.
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