£ million Note 2008

Traffic revenue
Passenger 7,541
Cargo 616
8,157
Other revenue 596
Revenue 8,753
Employee costs 2,166
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment 692
Aircraft operating lease costs 68
Fuel and oil costs 2,055
Engineering and other aircraft costs 451
Landing fees and en route charges 528
Handling charges, catering and other operating costs 977
Selling costs 359
Currency differences 6
Accommodation, ground equipment and IT costs 576
Total expenditure on operations before non-recurring items 7,878
Operating profit before non-recurring items 875
Credit arising on changes to pension scheme
Provision for settlement of competition investigations
Operating profit 875
Fuel derivative gains/(losses) 12
Finance costs -175
Finance income 111
Net financing income/(expense) relating to pensions 34
Retranslation (charges)/credits on currency borrowings -11
Profit on sale of property, plant and equipment and investments 14
Share of post-tax profits in associates accounted for using the equity method 26
(Charges)/income relating to financial assets -3
Profit before tax 883
Tax -187
Profit after tax from continuing operations 696
Loss from discontinued operations (after tax) -2
Profit after tax 694
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent 680
Minority interest 14
694
Earnings/(loss) per share
Continuing operations:
Basic 59.2
Diluted 58.8
Discontinued operations:
Basic 0.2
Diluted 0.2
Total:
Basic 59
Diluted 58.6
 2007

7,263
598
7,861
631
8,492
2,277
714
81
1,931
414
517
930
436
18
618
7,936
556
396
-350
602
-12
-168
129
-19
13
47
5
14
611
-173
438
-134
304

290
14
304

37.2p
36.8p

-11.7
-11.7
25.5
25.5