Follow the skies to London to find the pot of gold…
They say if you follow a rainbow, it’ll lead you to a pot of gold. It turns out, you just need to follow the skies to New York, London or Dubai. British Airways, for example, makes a billion dollars annually on their London to New York route alone. OAG, the airline and travel intelligence and research company, has just released the results of their most profitable airline routes study from April 2017 – March 2018, offering insights into not only which airlines, but which routes offer the most profit. The study breaks down yearly take in and even how much money each route makes for the airline per hour. Here are the fascinating findings in order of hourly revenue…
10. Air Canada: Vancouver (YVR) – Toronto (YYZ)
Revenue Per Hour (US$) – 11,445
Total Revenue (US$) – 552,264,972
9. United Airlines: San Francisco (SFO) – New York (EWR)
Revenue Per Hour (US$) – 12,130
Total Revenue (US$) – 687,674,312
8. American Airlines: Los Angeles (LAX) – New York (JFK)
Revenue Per Hour (US$) – 13,801
Total Revenue (US$) – 698,074,171
7. Cathay Pacific Airways: Hong Kong (HKG) – London (LHR)
Revenue Per Hour (US$) – 14,294
Total Revenue (US$) – 631,855,868
6. Qatar Airways: London (LHR) – Doha (DOH)
Revenue Per Hour (US$) – 17,677
Total Revenue (US$) – 552,658,316
5. Singapore Airlines: London (LHR) – Singapore (SIN)
Revenue Per Hour (US$) – 18,253
Total Revenue (US$) – 709,730,107
4. Singapore Airlines: Sydney (SYD) – Singapore (SIN)
Revenue Per Hour (US$) – 19,525
Total Revenue (US$) – 543,723,893
3. Qantas Airways: Melbourne (MEL) – Sydney (SYD)
Revenue Per Hour (US$) – 24,237
Total Revenue (US$) – 854,692,402
2. British Airways: New York (JFK) – London (LHR)
Revenue Per Hour (US$) – 24,639
Total Revenue (US$) – 1,037,724,867
1. Emirates: London (LHR) – Dubai (DXB)
Revenue Per Hour (US$) – 25,308
Total Revenue (US$) – 819,409,702
