| System Total Operating Revenue per Equivalent Seat Mile (TRESM) | ||||||||||||||
| STAGE LENGTH ADJUSTED | ||||||||||||||
| Cents per Equivalent Seat Mile | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| American | 11.58 | 11.42 | 11.80 | 12.01 | 11.39 | 12.55 | 11.33 | 9.90 | 11.37 | 11.73 | 12.72 | 13.92 | 14.36 | |
| Continental | 8.91 | 10.02 | 10.65 | 11.01 | 11.02 | 12.10 | 10.89 | 10.67 | 10.81 | 13.61 | 14.79 | 15.90 | 16.33 | |
| Delta | 9.15 | 9.43 | 9.66 | 9.79 | 9.83 | 10.04 | 8.98 | 9.05 | 11.44 | 11.35 | 11.91 | 14.34 | 16.01 | |
| Northwest | 10.18 | 10.30 | 10.22 | 9.46 | 9.77 | 10.46 | 9.58 | 9.54 | 9.83 | 11.60 | 12.75 | 13.89 | 14.13 | |
| United | 10.46 | 11.08 | 11.32 | 11.14 | 11.16 | 12.19 | 10.84 | 10.51 | 10.95 | 12.04 | 14.00 | 15.13 | 15.81 | |
| US Airways | 9.72 | 10.94 | 11.84 | 12.18 | 11.62 | 11.39 | 10.32 | 10.31 | 11.41 | 11.36 | 11.55 | 14.09 | 14.61 | |
| America West | 7.25 | 7.42 | 7.49 | 7.76 | 8.04 | 8.25 | 7.41 | 7.41 | 7.97 | 8.28 | 10.96 | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 10.09 | 10.49 | 10.80 | 10.80 | 10.69 | 11.38 | 10.28 | 9.87 | 10.93 | 11.77 | 12.88 | 14.50 | 15.19 | |
| Southwest | 5.38 | 5.72 | 5.91 | 6.09 | 6.33 | 6.83 | 6.22 | 5.96 | 6.15 | 6.31 | 6.72 | 7.41 | 7.50 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 7.19 | 7.63 | 8.41 | 8.20 | 7.57 | 8.11 | 8.63 | 8.99 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 6.77 | 6.24 | 6.76 | 7.97 | 7.57 | 6.61 | 6.99 | 6.73 | 7.40 | 7.71 | 8.10 | |
| Frontier | 5.67 | 6.99 | 6.73 | 8.18 | 8.48 | 10.54 | 9.06 | 8.41 | 8.09 | 8.77 | 9.82 | 9.83 | 9.75 | |
| ATA | 6.38 | 6.39 | 6.99 | 6.89 | 7.16 | 7.84 | 8.10 | 7.33 | 7.59 | 7.35 | 8.60 | 11.16 | 4.93 | |
| -- sub LCC | 5.68 | 6.06 | 6.39 | 6.43 | 6.61 | 7.22 | 6.73 | 6.45 | 6.71 | 6.78 | 7.34 | 7.97 | 7.88 | |
| Alaska | 7.78 | 8.01 | 8.54 | 8.55 | 8.87 | 9.33 | 8.98 | 8.76 | 8.99 | 9.29 | 9.97 | 10.63 | 11.69 | |
| Hawaiian | 4.56 | 4.74 | 4.89 | 4.95 | 8.39 | 5.62 | 5.64 | 6.93 | 7.56 | 8.38 | 8.36 | 8.39 | 8.37 | |
| Midwest | 11.35 | 12.39 | 12.36 | 12.58 | 12.23 | 12.15 | 11.04 | 10.07 | 9.40 | 8.60 | 8.99 | 10.19 | 11.36 | |
| -- sub Other | 7.48 | 7.74 | 8.12 | 8.21 | 9.14 | 8.77 | 8.45 | 8.67 | 8.79 | 9.15 | 9.59 | 10.19 | 10.96 | |
| Base Length of Haul | 844 | 874 | 891 | 910 | 930 | 936 | 957 | 968 | 1,007 | 1,041 | 1,062 | 1,088 | 1,095 | |
| Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable. | ||||||||||||||
| Note: Stage Length Adjustment formula: ((observed length of haul/base length of haul [15 carrier average])^.5) times respective carrier unit cost. | ||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedules P12 & T2. | ||||||||||||||