Our companies are significant contributors to the UK’s public transport infrastructure with around 960 million passenger journeys undertaken on our services each year.
Bus (100% owned)
Go-Ahead is one of the UK’s largest bus operators. With a fleet of over 3,500 buses, we carry, on average, around 1.6 million passengers every day. We have a strong presence in London, with around 21% market share, and also operate in the north east, Oxford, the south east and southern England.
Revenue
(£m)
£584.7m
2008: £557.7m
2007: £514.0m
Operating
profit* (£m)
£66.6m
2008: £66.2m
2007: £55.8m
| Operating Company |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue (£m) | 283.3 | 82.5 | 70.5 | 68.2 | 48.3 | 31.9 |
| Managing Director | JohnTrayner | Peter Huntley | Alex Carter | Alan Eatwell | Roger French | Philip Kirk |
| Nature of business | Regulated | Deregulated | Deregulated | Regulated/ deregulated | Deregulated | Deregulated |
| Geographical area | Central London South London East London |
Tyne &Wear County Durham Northumberland Teesside |
Dorset Wiltshire Hampshire Isle of Wight Southampton |
South East London Kent Surrey East Sussex West Sussex |
Brighton Hove Eastbourne Tunbridge Wells Steyning/ Shoreham |
Oxfordshire Routes to: London, Heathrow and Gatwick |
| Approx passenger journeys# | 365 million | 70 million | 40 million | 60 million | 45 million | 20 million |
| Average number of employees | 4,507 | 2,043 | 1,494 | 1,344 | 1,056 | 554 |
| Fleet size** | 1,444 buses | 665 buses | 592 buses | 412 buses | 257 buses | 149 buses |
Rail (65% owned)
The rail operation, Govia, is 65% owned by Go-Ahead and 35% by Keolis+. It is the busiest rail operation in the UK, responsible for nearly 30% of UK passenger rail journeys through its three rail franchises: Southern, Southeastern and London Midland.
Revenue
(£m)
£1,552.0m
2008: £1,378.4m
2007: £1,071.3m
Operating
profit* (£m)
£61.5m
2008: £77.2m
2007: £66.1m
| Operating Company |  |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue (£m) | 602.4 | 577.8 | 371.8 |
| Managing Director | Chris Burchell | Charles Horton | Mike Hodson |
| Geographical area | London Surrey East/ West Sussex Hampshire Kent |
London Kent East Sussex |
London Milton Keynes Northampton Birmingham/ West Midlands Liverpool |
| Approx passenger journeys# | 155 million | 155 million | 50 million |
| Average number of employees | 4,153 | 3,824 | 2,461 |
| Fleet size** | 295 trains | 338 trains | 183 trains |
Aviation Services (100% owned)
The Group’s aviation services division is one of the UK’s largest independent providers of cargo services (primarily Plane Handling), ground handling (primarily aviance UK) and car parking (Meteor). The division operates from 15 airports and services major airline operators such as Virgin and bmi.
Revenue
(£m)
£209.4m
2008: £263.0m
2007: £241.6
Operating (loss) / profit* (£m)
£(4.5)m
2008: £1.5m
2007: £(3.8)m
| Operating Company |
|
 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue (£m) | 166.5 | 42.9 |
| Managing Directors | Patrick Verwer – aviance UK Rob Williams – Plane Handling |
Stephen Turner |
| Geographical area | Nationwide | Nationwide |
| Approx passengers served# / journeys | 40 million | 2.5 million |
| Average number of employees | 4,732 | 959 |
| Physical statistics** | 15 airports | 48,000 parking spaces |
- Division
- Rest of Group
- *Before amortisation and exceptional items.
- **As at 27 June 2009.
- #Rounded to the nearest 5 million.
- +Keolis is a French-based operator of passenger transport services which is majority owned by the French national railway SNCF.