2015 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $290 million
Consolidated
U.S. TMC: BCD Travel
After
Apple increased its employees and its long-haul business travel in its 2015
fiscal year, BTN estimates that its
calendar-year 2015 U.S.-booked air volume increased to $290 million. Apple’s
Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions generated from business travel in the fiscal
year that ended Sept. 26, 2015, increased to nearly 140,000 metric tons of
carbon dioxide equivalent, up from 111,000 in its prior fiscal year. The
company had about 110,000 full-time-equivalent employees in September 2015, up
from 92,600 a year earlier. According to Bloomberg, Apple selected on-demand
transportation provider Lyft as a preferred provider in 2016. Apple’s strategic
meetings management program is in its sixth year of operation. The company
works with Carlson Wagonlit Meetings & Events for meetings management
services and continues to operate an Airlines Reporting Corp.-accredited
Corporate Travel Department configuration, with BCD Travel providing service in
the United States and some other countries. Apple is one of the largest
companies to operate such a configuration. Its 2015 fiscal year revenue
increased to $233.7 billion from $182.8 billion one year earlier. Net income
increased to $53.4 billion from $39.5 billion.