Service-oriented - Die Schweizerische Post

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Passenger Transport
At the end of 2006, PostBus posted operating income of 579 million francs (2005: 559 million francs) and
an operating result of 28 million francs (2005: 29 million francs). The year­on­year increase was due mainly to
business in France, higher transport revenues (travel cards, single tickets and special services), increased
compensation under the Railways Act (new/additional services) and additional income from management and
engineering services (e.g. timetable scheduling, ticket inspections).
International
Driven by the good economic trend, the operating income of International was above the billion mark for
the first time. Sales were lifted by 9 percent to 1,079 million francs year­on­year. Thanks to cost savings and
favourable exchange rates, the operating result rose from 35 million francs in 2005 to 58 million francs.
Post Office Network
In 2006, the Post Office Network segment generated operating income of 1,781 million francs and an operating
result of 19 million francs. The result reported for the post office network corresponds to the operating
result of the “other brand­name items“ product group. The infrastructure contribution for 2006 amounted
to 412 million francs (2005: 442 million francs). The decline is attributable to lower employee benefit expense
as well as to optimization measures such as the urban network, organization of post offices into types and
Ymago.
New Businesses
The two autonomous groups GHP and MailSource form Swiss Post’s New Businesses segment. GHP specializes
in dialogue marketing and customer management, while MailSource specializes in company­internal mail
services, scanning and archiving. They thus expand the value chain in terms of both up­ and down­stream
services. Operating income in the New Businesses segment totalled 329 million francs. Overall, the segment
generated an operating profit of 11 million francs.
Other
The “Other“ results include the service and management units (especially Real Estate, Information Technology
and Philately). In 2006, operating income came to 882 million francs. The operating result went up from
92 million francs in 2005 to 136 million francs, thanks mainly to Real Estate.
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