Might interest the freequent flyers...

Top Ten Airline Groups by Revenue (2009)
Below you find an interesting ranking.


Rank Airline 2009 Revenues Change in $
1 Lufthansa Group $31.0bn -15.0%
2 Air France-KLM $29.7bn -14.7
3 Delta Air Lines $28.1bn 23.6
4 Fedex $21.6bn -3.6%
5 AMR Corp $19.9bn -16.2%
6 Japan Airlines* $16.4bn -19.5%
7 United Airlines $16.4bn -19.1%
8 ANA Group $13.2bn -4.3%
9 British Airways $12.8bn -14.8%
10 Continental Airlines $12.6bn -17.4%

how many of them are actually profitable?

Southwest Airlines is not on the list ...

At least number six on the list is not: Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy protection