"operates a total of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe the total amount of something that someone or something is operating. For example, "The company operates a total of eighteen factories across the United States."
It operates a total of 98 international routes.
Gap, which is based in San Francisco and also owns the Banana Republic and Old Navy chains and operates a total of about 4,200 stores, has far more constraints now.
Southern Nuclear operates a total of six nuclear reactors for Alabama Power and Georgia Power, and has two new nuclear units under construction at Plant Vogtle.
Rick's Cabaret International, Inc. (Rick's), through its subsidiaries, owns and/or operates a total of 21 adult nightclubs that offer live adult entertainment, restaurant and bar operations.
HCA (also known as Hospital Corporation of America) currently owns, manages or operates a total of 163 hospitals; surgery centers; diagnostic and imaging centers; radiation and oncology therapy centers; and rehabilitation and physical therapy centers.
It operates a total of 232 stores in the three states, constituting over 13% of its stores in the U.S. Though the two companies will be negatively impacted from the store closures in the affected areas, all the stores in the states may not be in the areas affected, and many of these outlets will receive a boost in sales as a result of the natural disasters.
In New York, several state agencies are operating a total of 350 tanks illegally, E.P.A. officials said.
It surveys more than 60 mid-sized retailers a week, which together operate a total of 10,000 shops.
Around the globe, the US is operating a total of 32 Global Hawks, 10 of which are attached to Grand Forks.
Frontier Airlines said yesterday that it planned to be operating a total of 16 to 20 gates for large jets at Denver International Airport when its current expansion plan is completed.
They operate a total of 174 power plants that burn fossil fuels and that the states and city say emit 646 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, or 10percentt of the national total.
