HC Deb 03 December 1965 vol 721 cc258-66W
Mr. Shore

asked the Minister of Aviation if he will bring up to date the figures in the Annex to the House of Commons Paper, "The Financial Problems of the British Overseas Airways Corporation", published in November, 1963.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

The following is the table, brought up to date as far as possible. Some of the 1964 figures are provisional.

Year Unit BOAC PAA TWA Air France KLM
Mail … 1958 millions 21 36 26 16 7
1959 millions 24 45 30 15 8
1960 millions 29 60 37 20 9
1961 millions 30 92 39 22 10
1962 millions 27 104 52 20 10
1963 millions 31 112 56 22 9
1964 millions 33 109 58 23 9
Freight … 1958 millions 36 101 42 43 49
1959 millions 40 116 62 46 60
1960 millions 47 137 71 52 72
1961 millions 59 169 92 70 86
1962 millions 73 206 107 82 87
1963 millions 85 213 132 81 85
1964 millions 111 284 176 83 113
4. Overall Load Factor … 1958 per cent. 57.2 62.8 57.8 62.8 57.6
1959 per cent. 57.6 66.2 62.6 63.3 59.3
1960 per cent. 55.7 59.2 54.0 61.2 59.5
1961 per cent. 45.8 55.5 47.5 55.4 55.6
1962 per cent. 44.9 56.1 44.8 53.4 55.4
1963 per cent. 47.6 54.3 44.5 53.5 47.5
1964 per cent. 49.3 55.0 45.3 56.0 53.6
5. Available seat miles … 1958 millions 2,417 6,033 7,256 3,142 2,354
1959 millions 3,103 6,452 8,071 3,372 2,591
1960 millions 4,181 7,864 8,926 3,930 3,062
1961 millions 5,355 10,439 9,523 5,304 3,481
1962 millions 5,843 12,502 11,151 5,750 3,428
1963 millions 6,036 14,118 13,755 5,983 3,650
1964 millions 6,782 15,533 15,675 6,374 3,700
6. Revenue passenger miles … 1958 millions 1,474 3,893 4,593 1,968 1,250
1959 millions 1,905 4,593 5,673 21,125 1,402
1960 millions 2,499 5,125 5,660 2,456 1,675
1961 millions 2,656 6,192 5,243 2,911 1,744
1962 millions 2,782 7,267 5,681 3,096 1,762
1963 millions 3,180 8,069 7,016 3,123 1,590
1964 millions 3,869 9,027 8,875 3,482 1,924
7. Passenger load factor … 1958 per cent. 61.0 64.5 63.3 62.6 53.1
1959 per cent. 61.4 71.2 70.3 63.0 54.1
1960 per cent. 59.8 65.2 63.4 62.5 54.7
1961 per cent. 49.6 59.3 55.1 54.9 50.1
1962 per cent. 47.6 58.1 51.0 53.8 51.4
1963 per cent. 52.7 57.2 51.0 52.2 43.6
1964 per cent. 57.1 58.1 56.6 54.6 52.0
8. Passengers carried … 1958 Thousands 496 2,899 4,723 2,464 941
1959 Thousands 626 3,219 5,510 2,707 1,104
1960 Thousands 896 3,481 5,818 3,056 1,361
1961 Thousands 983 3,795 5,521 3,350 1,398
1962 Thousands 977 4,495 5,863 3,449 1,455
1963 Thousands 1,083 4,833 6,836 3,483 1,466
1964 Thousands 1,229 5,325 8,226 3,801 1,606
9. Number of Employees … 1958 Number 18,800 21,600 19,200 19,700 17,000
1959 Number 18,900 21,900 19,200 20,500 17,100
1960 Number 20,600 22,900 19,900 21,900 18,000
1961 Number 21,700 23,100 20,000 23,800 18,300
1962 Number 21,400 23,300 20,700 25,000 17,400
1963 Number 20,300 24,300 21,400 24,600 16,200
1964 Number 19,600 25,700 n/a n/a 15,000
10. Operating cost per ctm … 1958 pence 36.4 30.8 27.5(a) 35.3 33.8
1959 pence 34.0 30.8 27.6(a) 39.0 32.4
1960 pence 30.3 27.4 25.4(a) 40.0 31.1
1961 pence 26.5(b) 23.4 25.5(a) 36.8 28.5
1962 pence 24.5(b) 21.2 21.3(a) 36.5 26.2
1963 pence 22.4(b) 19.7 19.1(a) 36.4 24.0
1964 pence 20.4(b) 19.5 n/a n/a n/a

Year Unit BOAC PAA TWA Air France KLM
11. Utilisation of aircraft 1958 hours per day 6.71 8.58 7.53 5.27 5.95
1959 hours per day 7.42 8.05 6.89 5.95 6.51
1960 hours per day 7.55 6.07 6.16 4.65 6.49
1961 hours per day 7.43 6.44 5.58 4.41 6.54
1962 hours per day 8.10 7.20 5.93 4.87 6.36
1963 hours per day 8.53 7.26 6.30 5.26 6.44
1964 hours per day 8.74 n/a n/a n/a n/a
12. C.T.M's per employee 1958 Number 20,100 39,400 46,400 21,500 19,100
1959 Number 25,100 43,200 53,500 22,100 21,600
1960 Number 32,400 52,900 61,300 24,200 24,400
1961 Number 41,000 68,900 67,400 29,500 28,500
1962 Number 43,500 79,700 76,600 31,400 32,700
1963 Number 50,000 86,100 92,600 32,400 36,200
1964 Number 58,500 92,100 n/a n/a 41,200
13. Ratio between capital employed and traffic revenue 1958 Capital=1.0 Revenue 0.8 1.8 1.4 1.6 1.1
1959 Capital=1.0 Revenue 0.9 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.2
1960 Capital=1.0 Revenue 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.1
1961 Capital=1.0 Revenue 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.8
1962 Capital=1.0 Revenue 0.9 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.9
1963 Capital=1.0 Revenue 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.0 0.9
1964 Capital=1.0 Revenue 1.2 1.7 n/a n/a n/a
14. Profit or Loss (excluding income tax, subsidy, interest and dividends, and proceeds on retirement of operating property and equipment) 1958 £ millions -2.3 +3.1 -0.4 -2.2 -0.03
1959 £ millions +3.2 +6.6 +7.2 -0.5 -0.1
1960 £ millions +2.2 +8.2 +5.8 -1.3 +0.7
1961 £ millions -13.9(c) +8.1 -13.5 +0.02 -6.1
1962 £ millions -5.8(d) +15.3 +2.8 -3.4 -5.0
1963 £ millions +7.1(e) +27.4 +14.6 -1.6 -4.1
1964 £ millions +13.8(f) n/a n/a n/a n/a
15. Item 14 as percentage of item 2 1958 per cent. -4.0 +2.8 -0.4 -2.5 -0.07
1959 per cent. +4.6 +5.2 +5.8 -0.7 -0.2
1960 per cent. +2.5 +5.5 +4.3 -1.4 +1.2
1961 per cent. -14.9 +4.9 -10.5 +0.02 -10.5
1962 per cent. -6.3 +8.5 +1.9 -3.0 -8.3
1963 per cent. +6.8 +13.7 +8.6 -1.3 -7.1
1964 per cent. +12.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a

Year Unit SAS Sabena Swissair BEA QEA
1. Total Capacity ton miles … 1958 millions 273 160 126 181 130
1959 millions 263 149 135 192 148
1960 millions 302 206 166 237 211
1961 millions 352 201 208 282 242
1962 millions 367 202 264 328 291
1963 millions 389 218 290 379 316
1964 millions 414 264 338 436 384
2. Total Revenue … 1958 £ millions 36 26 21 32 19
1959 £ millions 38 24 23 37 23
1960 £ millions 44 30 27 42 27
1961 £ millions 48 26 31 47 28
1962 £ millions 52 27 38 51 33
1963 £ millions 64 30 42 60 37
1964 £ millions 70 32 46 66 44
3. Revenue load ton miles, Total … 1958 millions 139 110 76 109 73
1959 millions 145 104 82 130 82
1960 millions 168 151 97 155 111
1961 millions 176 127 114 169 116
1962 millions 189 125 137 196 147
1963 millions 207 142 150 227 168
1964 millions 238 n/a 176 254 211

Year Unit SAS Sabena Swissair BEA QEA
Passenger … 1958 millions 113 84 59 93 50
1959 millions 116 77 62 111 54
1960 millions 132 121 73 134 73
1961 millions 134 92 88 149 78
1962 millions 141 97 109 172 101
1963 millions 152 109 117 199 119
1964 millions 176 n/a 137 219 148
Mail … 1958 millions 7 5 4 4 9
1959 millions 7 5 4 4 9
1960 millions 9 4 5 4 10
1961 millions 10 3 6 4 11
1962 millions 11 3 6 5 14
1963 millions 11 3 7 5 15
1964 millions 13 n/a 8 6 18
Freight … 1958 millions 19 21 13 12 14
1959 millions 21 22 16 15 19
1960 millions 27 26 19 17 28
1961 millions 32 31 20 16 27
1962 millions 37 25 22 19 32
1963 millions 44 30 26 23 34
1964 millions 49 n/a 31 29 45
4. Overall Load Factor … 1958 per cent. 51.0 69.0 60.3 60.4 56.4
1959 per cent. 55.0 69.8 61.0 67.7 56.2
1960 per cent. 55.7 73.4 58.4 65.2 52.3
1961 per cent. 50.0 63.3 54.8 59.9 47.9
1962 per cent. 51.5 61.7 51.9 59.9 50.5
1963 per cent. 53.2 61.4 51.8 60.0 53.2
1964 per cent. 57.6 n/a 52.3 58.4 54.8
5. Available seat miles … 1958 millions 2,076 1,388 963 1,581 815
1959 millions 2,029 1,340 994 1,663 909
1960 millions 2,318 1,495 1,216 2,089 1,192
1961 millions 2,720 1,648 1,652 2,530 1,401
1962 millions 2,936 1,748 1,986 2,806 1,843
1963 millions 3,120 1,809 2,172 3,144 2,012
1964 millions 3,371 1,873 2,467 3,565 2,457
6. Revenue passenger miles … 1958 millions 1,135 802 568 988 475
1959 millions 1,160 748 600 1,154 523
1960 millions 1,340 785 707 1,393 693
1961 millions 1,372 732 848 1,550 753
1962 millions 1,456 860 1,048 1,716 978
1963 millions 1,557 836 1,145 1,994 1,159
1964 millions 1,783 1,011 1,332 2,179 1,422
7. Passenger load factor … 1958 per cent. 54.6 57.8 59.0 62.5 58.3
1959 per cent. 57.2 55.8 60.4 69.4 57.5
1960 per cent. 57.8 52.5 58.2 66.7 58.2
1961 per cent. 50.4 44.4 51.3 61.3 53.7
1962 per cent. 49.6 49.2 52.8 61.2 53.1
1963 per cent. 49.9 46.2 52.7 63.4 57.6
1964 per cent. 52.9 54.0 54.0 61.1 57.9
8. Passengers carried … 1958 Thousands 1,513 955 1,062 2,829 164
1959 Thousands 1,586 739 1,106 3,290 186
1960 Thousands 1,861 929 1,303 3,991 189
1961 Thousands 1,953 862 1,460 4,393 188
1962 Thousands 2,092 927 1,672 4,915 240
1963 Thousands 2,358 992 1,802 5,605 293
1964 Thousands 2,617 n/a 1,941 6,119 359
9. Number of Employees … 1958 Number 11,600 10,600 5,100 11,500 6,300
1959 Number 12,400 10,900 5,800 12,200 6,400
1960 Number 13,600 10,600 6,800 13,200 6,800
1961 Number 14,200 11,400 7,400 14,500 6,600
1962 Number 12,900 10,700 7,700 16,200 6,700
1963 Number 11,900 10,000 8,300 16,700 7,000
1964 Number 12,100 10,200 8,600 17,700 7,800

Year Unit SAS Sabena Swissair BEA QEA
10. Operating cost per ctm 1958 pence 32.6 38.7 37.3 40.2 32.2
1959 pence 34.3 39.3 38.2 41.8 33.8
1960 pence 37.4 34.9 37.2 40.0 28.2
1961 pence 36.2 40.3 31.8 39.0 24.1
1962 pence 33.8 34.0 29.4 35.5 23.4
1963 pence 30.4 33.7 28.9 34.2 23.5
1964 pence n/a n/a n/a 34.0 22.7
11. Utilisation of aircraft 1958 hours per day 8.07 4.59 6.67 4.78 6.78
1959 hours per day 7.73 4.54 6.19 5.09 5.92
1960 hours per day 7.12 4.75 6.36 5.45 5.07
1961 hours per day 6.30 5.46 6.35 5.10 6.74
1962 hours per day 6.12 4.44 6.27 4.71 5.33
1963 hours per day 6.52 4.74 6.57 5.40 6.84
1964 hours per day n/a n/a n/a 5.60 n/a
12. C.T.M's per employee 1958 Number 23,500 15,100 24,700 15,700 20,600
1959 Number 21,200 13,700 23,300 15,800 23,100
1960 Number 22,200 19,400 24,400 17,900 31,000
1961 Number 24,800 17,600 28,100 19,500 36,700
1962 Number 28,400 18,900 34,300 20,300 43,500
1963 Number 32,700 21,800 34,900 22,700 45,200
1964 Number 34,200 25,900 39,300 24,600 48,900
13. Ratio between capital employed and traffic revenue 1958 Capital=1.0 Revenue 1.8 1.1 2.2 1.2 n/a
1959 Capital=1.0 Revenue 1.5 0.8 2.9 1.2 n/a
1960 Capital=1.0 Revenue 1.1 0.8 2.1 1.1 n/a
1961 Capital=1.0 Revenue 0.8 0.6 1.6 0.8 n/a
1962 Capital=1.0 Revenue 0.8 0.6 1.6 0.8 n/a
1963 Capital=1.0 Revenue 1.2 0.7 1.5 0.9 n/a
1964 Capital=1.0 Revenue 1.5 n/a n/a 0.9 n/a
14. Profit or Loss (excluding income tax, subsidy, interest and dividends, and proceeds on retirement of operating property and equipment) 1958 £ millions -0.8 -0.7 +0.5 +1.3 -0.1
1959 £ millions +0.3 -1.4 +1.0 +3.2 +0.8
1960 £ millions -2.1 +1.1 +1.2 +2.7 +1.3
1961 £ millions -4.2 -0.7 +0.03 +0.5 4.1.1
1962 £ millions +0.9 -1.6 +1.0 +2.7 +2.6
1963 £ millions +3.3 -0.4 +1.4 +5.9 +3.3
1964 £ millions n/a n/a n/a +4.2 +3.9
15. Item 14 as percentage of item 2 1958 per cent. -2.2 -2.7 +2.4 +4.1 -0.5
1959 per cent. +0.8 -5.8 +4.3 +8.6 +3.5
1960 per cent. -4.8 +3.7 +4.4 +6.4 +4.8
1961 per cent. -8.8 -2.5 +0.1 +1.1 +3.9
1962 per cent. +1.8 -5.9 +2.6 +5.2 +7.9
1963 per cent. +5.2 -1.3 +3.3 +9.8 +8.9
1964 per cent. n/a n/a n/a +6.4 +8.9

Notes:

(a) The operating costs of TWA on international services only were:

1958: 35.2d.; 1959: 33.8d.; 1960: 27.3d.; 1961: 28.7d.; 1962: 20.5d.; 1963: 19.0d.

(b) Based on operating expenditure excluding additional depreciation written off in 1961–2 in respect of 1961–2, 1962–3, 1963–4 and 1964–5.The effect of adding back such depreciation would be to increase the cost per CTM in these years to 28.0d., 26.0d., 22.9d. and 20.8d. respectively, as shown on BOAC Reports for 1962–63 to 1964–65.

(c) Including £5.5 million of additional depreciation written off in 1961–62.

(d) Excluding £6.7 million of additional depreciation attributable to 1962–63 but written off in 1961–62.

(e) Excluding £2.9 million of additional depreciation attributable to 1963–64 but written off in 1961–62.

(f) Excluding £1.0 million of additional depreciation attributable to 1964–65 but written off in 1961–62.

Sources: Company Reports and ICAO Digests of Statistics.