Aircraft Operating Statistics- Cost Per Block Hour (Unadjusted)
Delta Airlines
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
	Small Narrowbodies	$2,010	$2,099	$2,057	$1,958	$1,956	$2,324	$2,400	$2,466	$3,024	$3,086	$3,242	$3,520	$3,255
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,466	$1,458	$1,431	$1,436	$1,467	$1,725	$1,777	$1,914	$2,320	$2,119	$1,794	$1,731	$1,285
	Pilots	$707	$707	$640	$609	$600	$683	$730	$875	$1,128	$1,019	$738	$638	$460
	Salaries and Wages	$509	$494	$452	$428	$451	$520	$566	$604	$710	$648	$441	$350	$344
	Pilot Training	$28	$30	$46	$42	$39	$58	$59	$36	$28	$21	$9	$5	$5
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$140	$152	$110	$103	$72	$63	$62	$197	$351	$312	$254	$250	$70
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$30	$31	$32	$36	$39	$42	$43	$38	$39	$37	$33	$34	$41
	Purchased Goods	$585	$712	$694	$584	$556	$662	$685	$614	$770	$1,051	$1,541	$1,857	$1,999
	Fuel/Oil	$544	$641	$627	$522	$489	$599	$624	$552	$704	$967	$1,448	$1,789	$1,971
	Insurance	$6	$4	$4	$3	$2	$1	$0	$7	$4	$13	$12	$12	$12
	Other (inc. Tax)	$36	$68	$63	$60	$65	$62	$61	$56	$62	$70	$81	$56	$16
	Maintenance	$357	$352	$398	$402	$414	$581	$559	$514	$527	$493	$458	$514	$553
	Labor	$52	$52	$57	$58	$71	$117	$51	$110	$116	$103	$72	$57	$58
	Materials	$128	$103	$146	$136	$125	$215	$150	$132	$120	$117	$107	$153	$180
	Third Party	$29	$28	$39	$51	$54	$96	$108	$99	$106	$125	$164	$203	$194
	Total Direct	$206	$204	$241	$243	$247	$421	$307	$336	$323	$316	$322	$374	$391
	Burden	$151	$149	$158	$160	$167	$160	$251	$178	$204	$188	$142	$149	$173
	Aircraft Ownership	$363	$325	$323	$352	$373	$386	$414	$437	$590	$512	$478	$431	$275
	Rentals	$216	$163	$154	$167	$178	$189	$196	$238	$328	$304	$231	$113	$58
	Depreciation and Amortization	$147	$161	$169	$186	$195	$197	$218	$199	$262	$209	$247	$318	$216
	Other	-$2	$2	$2	$10	$13	$12	$13	$26	$9	$12	$27	$79	-$31
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	330	326	332	334	334	320	305	263	214	192	195	124	133
	Seats Per Departure	139	139	139	139	139	138	132	131	135	132	133	139	143
	Average Stage Length	552	567	569	579	605	609	621	612	607	574	558	575	611
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,018	1,013	1,004	1,024	995	993	968	871	885	854	849	862	874
	Load Factor	59.7%	66.5%	68.2%	70.1%	69.9%	70.4%	68.2%	69.8%	72.1%	73.3%	74.6%	76.5%	77.9%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.17	9.34	9.51	9.60	9.49	9.34	8.79	7.97	7.67	9.45	8.68	10.37	9.16
	Airborne Hours	7.39	7.53	7.64	7.64	7.51	7.34	6.96	6.30	5.99	7.23	6.70	7.95	7.00
	Departures	5.57	5.50	5.51	5.43	5.13	4.95	4.60	4.21	4.07	5.10	4.82	5.57	4.66
	Large Narrowbodies	$2,221	$2,359	$2,371	$2,329	$2,257	$2,517	$2,806	$2,837	$3,226	$3,444	$3,615	$3,784	$3,627
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,695	$1,713	$1,747	$1,819	$1,773	$1,894	$2,162	$2,237	$2,486	$2,379	$2,008	$1,876	$1,586
	Pilots	$639	$757	$626	$618	$597	$741	$907	$1,020	$1,196	$1,086	$748	$659	$476
	Salaries and Wages	$473	$477	$458	$457	$468	$588	$733	$723	$763	$688	$431	$349	$358
	Pilot Training	$17	$16	$40	$36	$33	$60	$66	$33	$21	$18	$6	$4	$5
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$125	$240	$102	$95	$65	$62	$69	$225	$374	$345	$284	$278	$77
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$24	$25	$26	$30	$30	$32	$39	$39	$38	$35	$26	$28	$36
	Purchased Goods	$574	$721	$693	$572	$550	$684	$705	$667	$807	$1,153	$1,707	$1,977	$2,070
	Fuel/Oil	$526	$646	$624	$510	$484	$623	$644	$600	$739	$1,065	$1,607	$1,908	$2,041
	Insurance	$13	$7	$6	$5	$3	$2	$0	$8	$5	$15	$14	$14	$14
	Other (inc. Tax)	$36	$69	$63	$57	$63	$59	$61	$59	$63	$73	$86	$55	$15
	Maintenance	$385	$278	$441	$539	$553	$563	$616	$575	$612	$616	$585	$616	$670
	Labor	$40	$30	$34	$29	$70	$113	$57	$130	$128	$134	$84	$72	$78
	Materials	$172	$80	$104	$109	$71	$166	$136	$105	$111	$107	$114	$124	$167
	Third Party	$55	$53	$128	$185	$188	$142	$149	$148	$164	$169	$229	$254	$234
	Total Direct	$268	$154	$266	$323	$330	$416	$341	$371	$395	$408	$427	$450	$479
	Burden	$117	$124	$174	$216	$223	$147	$276	$204	$217	$208	$158	$165	$191
	Aircraft Ownership	$618	$596	$606	$595	$553	$523	$568	$572	$607	$581	$560	$505	$402
	Rentals	$408	$385	$365	$349	$310	$254	$227	$217	$208	$203	$166	$91	$70
	Depreciation and Amortization	$210	$211	$241	$245	$243	$269	$342	$355	$400	$379	$394	$413	$332
	Other	$5	$7	$5	$5	$5	$7	$9	$3	$3	$8	$15	$28	$9
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	85	86	91	93	110	137	173	190	176	103	119	155	192
	Seats Per Departure	180	181	181	182	181	178	176	173	173	174	175	174	171
	Average Stage Length	881	918	941	1,000	961	937	900	865	974	1,135	1,208	1,233	1,224
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,009	1,023	1,014	1,009	992	997	1,020	923	930	939	935	917	902
	Load Factor	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	11	11	12	12	11	11	9	9	10	19	17	13	11
	Airborne Hours	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	16	15	11	9
	Departures	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	7	6	4	4
	Widebodies	$3,703	$5,042	$3,686	$3,412	$3,615	$3,968	$3,974	$4,080	$4,507	$4,906	$5,324	$6,040	$5,885
	(Ex Fuel)	$2,544	$3,704	$2,431	$2,439	$2,635	$2,730	$2,815	$2,967	$3,192	$3,065	$2,560	$2,609	$2,181
	Pilots	$982	$1,325	$923	$866	$888	$961	$1,043	$1,135	$1,394	$1,338	$1,010	$944	$773
	Salaries and Wages	$701	$701	$663	$649	$696	$769	$842	$800	$915	$902	$652	$585	$615
	Pilot Training	$57	$67	$68	$51	$59	$77	$78	$43	$26	$22	$9	$5	$7
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$185	$524	$157	$129	$92	$74	$74	$240	$395	$359	$294	$295	$83
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$39	$34	$35	$38	$41	$40	$49	$51	$57	$56	$56	$59	$68
	Purchased Goods	$1,226	$1,450	$1,387	$1,065	$1,078	$1,335	$1,246	$1,208	$1,418	$1,950	$2,888	$3,520	$3,737
	Fuel/Oil	$1,159	$1,338	$1,256	$973	$981	$1,238	$1,158	$1,113	$1,315	$1,840	$2,765	$3,432	$3,705
	Insurance	$12	$8	$38	$8	$5	$6	$0	$9	$5	$15	$15	$14	$15
	Other (inc. Tax)	$55	$104	$93	$84	$92	$92	$87	$86	$98	$94	$108	$74	$18
	Maintenance	$737	$698	$654	$678	$761	$806	$774	$774	$660	$665	$632	$708	$771
	Labor	$102	$94	$90	$79	$89	$127	$60	$136	$148	$135	$95	$80	$83
	Materials	$273	$189	$245	$215	$240	$327	$228	$205	$131	$159	$162	$190	$280
	Third Party	$77	$84	$91	$111	$158	$144	$207	$236	$167	$161	$232	$288	$209
	Total Direct	$449	$413	$406	$404	$453	$585	$475	$555	$430	$449	$468	$532	$565
	Burden	$289	$287	$248	$274	$308	$221	$299	$219	$230	$216	$165	$176	$207
	Aircraft Ownership	$778	$1,527	$738	$811	$876	$826	$878	$949	$1,030	$944	$798	$874	$614
	Rentals	$470	$445	$415	$433	$409	$374	$377	$393	$425	$358	$226	$187	$175
	Depreciation and Amortization	$309	$1,081	$323	$378	$466	$452	$502	$556	$604	$586	$572	$687	$440
	Other	-$21	$42	-$16	-$9	$12	$40	$33	$15	$6	$8	-$4	-$6	-$11
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	122	121	129	135	137	143	146	144	143	126	113	92	110
	Seats Per Departure	248	248	243	237	232	230	230	230	227	229	231	232	232
	Average Stage Length	1,672	1,673	1,667	1,727	1,718	1,769	1,765	1,706	1,713	1,856	2,073	2,754	3,054
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	2,027	1,995	1,930	1,869	1,826	1,764	1,537	1,702	1,656	1,615	1,610	1,641	1,638
	Load Factor	71.2%	74.2%	75.9%	76.7%	76.3%	77.2%	72.1%	75.7%	77.4%	79.2%	79.9%	80.4%	81.9%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	11.41	11.87	11.97	11.95	12.21	12.03	11.40	11.18	10.14	11.75	13.77	15.39	13.31
	Airborne Hours	10.15	10.51	10.57	10.52	10.71	10.56	10.07	9.85	8.91	10.37	12.36	14.04	12.15
	Departures	3.00	3.09	3.11	3.00	3.06	2.93	2.79	2.83	2.54	2.73	2.92	2.55	2.00
	Total Fleet	$2,489	$2,919	$2,551	$2,424	$2,473	$2,826	$2,949	$3,062	$3,537	$3,731	$4,000	$4,387	$4,218
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,787	$2,094	$1,756	$1,781	$1,851	$2,045	$2,171	$2,329	$2,639	$2,482	$2,102	$2,056	$1,690
	Pilots	$767	$879	$713	$681	$679	$774	$866	$998	$1,232	$1,134	$822	$739	$562
	Salaries and Wages	$553	$545	$509	$494	$522	$605	$689	$700	$790	$735	$500	$420	$432
	Pilot Training	$34	$37	$51	$43	$43	$64	$66	$37	$25	$20	$8	$4	$6
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$149	$266	$121	$109	$76	$66	$67	$219	$373	$338	$277	$275	$77
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$31	$30	$32	$35	$38	$39	$43	$42	$44	$42	$37	$39	$47
	Purchased Goods	$750	$908	$879	$713	$698	$854	$846	$806	$975	$1,341	$2,002	$2,406	$2,558
	Fuel/Oil	$701	$825	$795	$643	$623	$782	$778	$733	$898	$1,249	$1,897	$2,332	$2,528
	Insurance	$8	$5	$14	$5	$3	$2	$0	$8	$5	$14	$14	$13	$14
	Other (inc. Tax)	$41	$78	$71	$66	$72	$70	$68	$66	$73	$78	$91	$61	$16
	Maintenance	$461	$430	$475	$503	$538	$639	$634	$611	$598	$587	$558	$615	$671
	Labor	$63	$59	$62	$58	$76	$119	$55	$124	$130	$124	$84	$71	$74
	Materials	$174	$122	$165	$152	$145	$234	$168	$145	$120	$125	$126	$152	$205
	Third Party	$46	$47	$69	$92	$110	$121	$147	$155	$145	$152	$209	$250	$217
	Total Direct	$280	$250	$290	$302	$321	$465	$363	$412	$381	$388	$405	$454	$483
	Burden	$181	$181	$185	$201	$217	$174	$271	$199	$216	$203	$155	$164	$191
	Aircraft Ownership	$516	$690	$486	$522	$548	$541	$586	$631	$726	$660	$604	$595	$434
	Rentals	$316	$277	$263	$273	$269	$256	$255	$277	$312	$281	$205	$126	$99
	Depreciation and Amortization	$200	$412	$223	$249	$279	$285	$331	$355	$414	$379	$399	$470	$335
	Other	-$6	$13	-$2	$4	$11	$18	$17	$15	$6	$9	$13	$32	-$7
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	537	533	552	562	581	600	625	597	533	422	427	371	435
	Seats Per Departure	180	181	180	179	178	178	176	178	180	180	183	187	187
	Average Stage Length	761	783	795	823	849	871	885	893	948	984	1,039	1,170	1,237
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,280	1,273	1,254	1,252	1,223	1,208	1,141	1,133	1,129	1,100	1,107	1,119	1,118
	Load Factor	65.4%	70.2%	71.8%	72.7%	72.4%	73.3%	69.1%	72.4%	74.2%	75.7%	77.5%	78.9%	81.0%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.97	10.25	10.43	10.54	10.50	10.34	9.58	9.17	9.19	12.53	12.35	12.75	11.06
	Airborne Hours	8.32	8.55	8.69	8.73	8.65	8.49	7.92	7.59	7.62	10.39	10.41	10.82	9.35
	Departures	4.85	4.84	4.82	4.70	4.52	4.33	3.98	3.79	3.63	4.75	4.52	4.23	3.48