American Airlines Aircraft Operating Statistics- Cost Per Block Hour (Unadjusted)
American Airlines
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
	Small Narrowbodies	$1,910	$2,049	$2,226	$2,149	$2,197	$2,506	$2,725	$2,672	$2,661	$2,831	$3,216	$3,421	$3,592	$4,591
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,418	$1,470	$1,651	$1,672	$1,710	$1,815	$1,984	$2,020	$1,917	$1,753	$1,632	$1,616	$1,648	$1,819
	Pilots	$583	$568	$651	$684	$712	$750	$770	$764	$826	$693	$613	$653	$640	$657
	Salaries and Wages	$410	$404	$447	$461	$462	$481	$484	$483	$538	$445	$391	$406	$393	$415
	Pilot Training	$14	$14	$40	$48	$62	$68	$75	$54	$24	$23	$16	$16	$18	$23
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$131	$122	$132	$140	$143	$155	$166	$190	$229	$194	$179	$202	$198	$184
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$27	$27	$31	$35	$44	$45	$45	$37	$36	$31	$28	$29	$31	$35
	Purchased Goods	$533	$638	$625	$525	$535	$745	$795	$711	$819	$1,147	$1,632	$1,872	$2,013	$2,841
	Fuel/Oil	$492	$579	$574	$477	$487	$691	$741	$652	$744	$1,078	$1,584	$1,805	$1,943	$2,771
	Insurance	$12	$14	$4	$3	$1	$1	$2	$8	$11	$6	$3	$3	$2	$2
	Other (inc. Tax)	$29	$45	$46	$46	$47	$53	$52	$51	$64	$63	$45	$64	$67	$68
	Maintenance	$392	$434	$553	$552	$552	$587	$678	$751	$594	$590	$615	$525	$544	$715
	Labor	$98	$102	$127	$120	$119	$115	$132	$146	$120	$125	$138	$129	$129	$142
	Materials	$82	$100	$148	$138	$137	$133	$147	$142	$80	$105	$123	$78	$88	$158
	Third Party	$41	$43	$55	$71	$88	$96	$98	$87	$122	$105	$73	$52	$58	$77
	Total Direct	$222	$245	$329	$328	$325	$344	$374	$373	$322	$336	$333	$259	$274	$376
	Burden	$170	$189	$224	$224	$227	$243	$306	$378	$272	$254	$282	$267	$270	$339
	Aircraft Ownership	$395	$400	$388	$379	$380	$407	$461	$430	$404	$392	$354	$363	$387	$367
	Rentals	$183	$178	$175	$174	$185	$199	$204	$244	$217	$200	$194	$202	$207	$202
	Depreciation and Amortization	$212	$221	$213	$205	$195	$208	$257	$186	$187	$191	$160	$160	$180	$165
	Other	$8	$10	$9	$10	$18	$17	$21	$16	$18	$10	$1	$8	$8	$10
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	417	416	415	413	417	419	388	433	388	342	335	311	299	295
	Seats Per Departure	135	135	135	135	133	127	123	123	124	128	134	136	138	139
	Average Stage Length	852	898	898	904	875	850	848	802	843	890	895	899	879	875
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	957	944	942	959	978	957	941	917	908	933	932	924	943	940
	Load Factor	64.7%	66.9%	67.6%	69.8%	68.4%	70.6%	68.5%	68.7%	71.8%	74.2%	79.0%	81.0%	81.6%	80.0%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.38	9.38	9.59	9.69	9.38	9.54	9.19	9.14	9.09	9.67	9.28	9.45	9.27	9.19
	Airborne Hours	7.83	7.81	8.01	8.11	7.76	7.81	7.55	7.50	7.51	7.98	7.85	8.00	7.79	7.65
	Departures	4.01	3.80	3.89	3.93	3.94	3.98	3.86	4.02	3.85	3.91	3.77	3.83	3.80	3.77
	Large Narrowbodies	$2,289	$2,405	$2,535	$2,581	$2,489	$2,692	$2,678	$2,852	$3,005	$3,182	$3,716	$4,143	$4,189	$4,916
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,710	$1,715	$1,849	$2,000	$1,930	$1,929	$1,923	$2,152	$2,184	$2,035	$2,084	$2,250	$2,203	$2,182
	Pilots	$611	$608	$685	$726	$744	$800	$842	$862	$824	$775	$773	$729	$754	$746
	Salaries and Wages	$431	$434	$471	$492	$488	$519	$535	$549	$537	$498	$493	$453	$464	$472
	Pilot Training	$14	$15	$42	$51	$66	$74	$82	$61	$24	$26	$20	$17	$21	$26
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$138	$131	$139	$149	$151	$167	$184	$217	$228	$217	$226	$226	$234	$209
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$27	$27	$32	$33	$39	$41	$41	$35	$35	$35	$35	$33	$36	$39
	Purchased Goods	$621	$754	$755	$646	$619	$828	$815	$774	$895	$1,219	$1,685	$1,967	$2,059	$2,805
	Fuel/Oil	$578	$690	$685	$581	$560	$763	$755	$699	$820	$1,147	$1,632	$1,893	$1,986	$2,735
	Insurance	$8	$10	$15	$9	$5	$6	$7	$20	$11	$8	$7	$6	$5	$4
	Other (inc. Tax)	$34	$54	$55	$56	$54	$58	$53	$55	$64	$64	$47	$68	$69	$67
	Maintenance	$367	$354	$435	$554	$558	$538	$509	$575	$640	$638	$778	$935	$839	$888
	Labor	$73	$77	$84	$71	$75	$74	$72	$88	$129	$93	$86	$85	$92	$99
	Materials	$93	$65	$113	$103	$52	$59	$54	$47	$86	$69	$68	$69	$78	$99
	Third Party	$73	$70	$90	$261	$296	$251	$216	$218	$131	$210	$263	$306	$253	$277
	Total Direct	$240	$212	$287	$421	$414	$382	$342	$345	$347	$364	$418	$460	$423	$464
	Burden	$127	$141	$148	$132	$144	$155	$166	$231	$293	$275	$360	$475	$416	$424
	Aircraft Ownership	$680	$679	$647	$645	$555	$511	$501	$627	$634	$544	$480	$507	$532	$472
	Rentals	$367	$346	$324	$316	$272	$221	$197	$337	$304	$244	$249	$274	$278	$196
	Depreciation and Amortization	$312	$333	$323	$328	$282	$290	$304	$290	$330	$300	$231	$233	$254	$276
	Other	$10	$11	$13	$11	$13	$15	$12	$13	$11	$6	-$1	$5	$4	$5
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	85	88	90	92	112	139	171	225	219	201	220	219	206	202
	Seats Per Departure	188	188	188	188	184	171	161	162	162	171	173	174	174	173
	Average Stage Length	1,375	1,351	1,402	1,515	1,515	1,369	1,308	1,286	1,311	1,355	1,264	1,259	1,248	1,250
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,054	1,074	1,096	1,126	1,086	1,044	1,010	1,003	1,002	1,005	997	1,001	998	968
	Load Factor	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
	Airborne Hours	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	9	8	10	9	9	9	9
	Departures	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
	Widebodies	$3,372	$3,664	$3,903	$3,711	$3,500	$4,170	$4,410	$4,571	$4,290	$4,913	$5,814	$6,542	$6,969	$8,802
	(Ex Fuel)	$2,374	$2,500	$2,762	$2,806	$2,654	$2,875	$3,024	$3,335	$2,843	$2,865	$2,840	$3,047	$3,253	$3,453
	Pilots	$689	$779	$908	$949	$926	$1,008	$1,045	$1,090	$810	$897	$1,035	$1,021	$1,045	$1,043
	Salaries and Wages	$480	$552	$620	$642	$610	$656	$664	$696	$527	$577	$659	$634	$643	$659
	Pilot Training	$16	$19	$55	$67	$82	$93	$102	$77	$24	$29	$27	$24	$29	$37
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$154	$167	$184	$195	$189	$211	$229	$274	$224	$251	$302	$316	$324	$292
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$40	$41	$48	$45	$44	$48	$50	$43	$35	$40	$47	$46	$50	$55
	Purchased Goods	$1,062	$1,261	$1,256	$1,006	$936	$1,407	$1,495	$1,369	$1,521	$2,148	$3,073	$3,632	$3,854	$5,484
	Fuel/Oil	$998	$1,164	$1,141	$905	$846	$1,296	$1,386	$1,236	$1,447	$2,047	$2,975	$3,495	$3,716	$5,349
	Insurance	$6	$6	$24	$14	$7	$13	$13	$35	$11	$12	$13	$13	$9	$6
	Other (inc. Tax)	$58	$91	$91	$87	$82	$99	$96	$97	$63	$89	$86	$125	$129	$129
	Maintenance	$715	$803	$912	$938	$857	$935	$998	$1,145	$1,021	$1,053	$934	$1,089	$1,225	$1,376
	Labor	$148	$151	$165	$170	$155	$155	$159	$183	$205	$182	$145	$155	$141	$158
	Materials	$142	$181	$279	$292	$227	$238	$235	$210	$139	$157	$115	$135	$148	$201
	Third Party	$168	$203	$181	$164	$180	$212	$247	$286	$211	$260	$243	$246	$329	$395
	Total Direct	$458	$523	$622	$626	$559	$605	$639	$667	$555	$599	$503	$536	$618	$720
	Burden	$257	$280	$290	$312	$298	$330	$381	$480	$466	$454	$431	$552	$606	$656
	Aircraft Ownership	$870	$826	$798	$780	$734	$777	$833	$939	$916	$797	$769	$784	$825	$862
	Rentals	$377	$330	$284	$288	$262	$250	$243	$321	$263	$245	$243	$248	$247	$238
	Depreciation and Amortization	$493	$497	$514	$491	$472	$527	$590	$618	$654	$552	$526	$536	$578	$624
	Other	$37	-$6	$29	$39	$48	$43	$39	$29	$22	$17	$4	$16	$20	$37
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	147	143	138	138	145	150	151	160	148	152	153	154	154	152
	Seats Per Departure	224	219	214	212	207	211	205	205	215	219	224	228	230	231
	Average Stage Length	2,287	2,371	2,480	2,571	2,721	2,715	2,740	2,615	2,628	2,699	2,786	2,864	2,756	2,852
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,756	1,766	1,787	1,796	1,705	1,787	1,772	1,751	1,768	1,765	1,751	1,779	1,779	1,755
	Load Factor	69.9%	71.7%	73.8%	72.7%	72.9%	75.0%	71.3%	72.9%	74.9%	77.0%	79.3%	79.8%	81.6%	80.8%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	11.08	11.14	11.33	11.26	11.62	11.24	10.74	10.12	10.54	10.97	11.15	10.89	10.99	10.88
	Airborne Hours	10.09	10.12	10.32	10.28	10.59	10.26	9.84	9.26	9.70	9.91	10.23	9.98	9.99	9.91
	Departures	2.19	2.12	2.08	2.00	1.97	1.90	1.82	1.79	1.86	1.89	1.85	1.76	1.83	1.74
	Total Fleet	$2,333	$2,502	$2,673	$2,585	$2,572	$2,937	$3,112	$3,118	$3,115	$3,423	$4,004	$4,423	$4,651	$5,786
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,701	$1,761	$1,947	$1,991	$1,983	$2,088	$2,216	$2,331	$2,196	$2,098	$2,067	$2,173	$2,239	$2,357
	Pilots	$613	$626	$718	$753	$771	$821	$852	$860	$822	$765	$766	$768	$781	$785
	Salaries and Wages	$431	$445	$492	$509	$504	$530	$539	$546	$536	$492	$488	$477	$480	$496
	Pilot Training	$14	$16	$44	$53	$68	$75	$83	$61	$24	$25	$20	$18	$21	$28
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$138	$135	$146	$154	$156	$170	$185	$215	$228	$214	$224	$238	$242	$220
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$30	$30	$36	$37	$43	$45	$45	$38	$35	$34	$35	$35	$37	$41
	Purchased Goods	$679	$810	$795	$657	$649	$918	$966	$866	$993	$1,402	$1,999	$2,337	$2,500	$3,515
	Fuel/Oil	$632	$740	$726	$594	$589	$849	$897	$787	$919	$1,325	$1,937	$2,250	$2,411	$3,428
	Insurance	$10	$11	$11	$6	$3	$5	$6	$17	$11	$8	$6	$6	$5	$4
	Other (inc. Tax)	$37	$58	$58	$57	$57	$65	$63	$62	$64	$69	$56	$80	$84	$83
	Maintenance	$470	$514	$621	$643	$629	$659	$713	$782	$700	$713	$743	$796	$814	$941
	Labor	$108	$110	$129	$124	$120	$117	$124	$137	$141	$129	$123	$121	$120	$133
	Materials	$99	$116	$174	$169	$145	$143	$145	$129	$95	$106	$104	$89	$100	$150
	Third Party	$78	$87	$90	$122	$147	$155	$162	$166	$144	$173	$174	$182	$191	$222
	Total Direct	$284	$310	$393	$413	$399	$413	$429	$426	$380	$406	$401	$392	$411	$493
	Burden	$186	$205	$229	$231	$231	$246	$290	$357	$320	$307	$343	$404	$403	$448
	Aircraft Ownership	$554	$546	$524	$514	$498	$515	$559	$592	$583	$533	$495	$513	$546	$529
	Rentals	$258	$240	$223	$223	$219	$216	$211	$286	$253	$224	$223	$237	$240	$210
	Depreciation and Amortization	$297	$306	$301	$291	$279	$300	$347	$306	$330	$308	$272	$276	$306	$319
	Other	$16	$6	$14	$17	$25	$23	$23	$18	$17	$11	$1	$9	$10	$16
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	649	647	643	642	674	708	711	818	755	695	708	685	660	648
	Seats Per Departure	169	167	165	164	164	159	156	155	159	166	172	175	177	177
	Average Stage Length	1,118	1,162	1,170	1,193	1,200	1,164	1,179	1,117	1,173	1,251	1,248	1,262	1,251	1,254
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,173	1,167	1,167	1,182	1,178	1,171	1,154	1,115	1,122	1,149	1,151	1,160	1,175	1,160
	Load Factor	66.2%	68.5%	69.5%	70.2%	69.7%	72.4%	69.4%	70.7%	72.8%	74.8%	78.6%	80.1%	81.5%	80.6%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.89	9.89	10.13	10.19	10.01	10.04	9.65	9.54	9.57	10.31	9.91	9.94	10.01	9.83
	Airborne Hours	8.50	8.47	8.69	8.78	8.56	8.53	8.25	8.14	8.22	8.85	8.63	8.66	8.68	8.49
	Departures	3.47	3.33	3.40	3.38	3.32	3.35	3.22	3.33	3.22	3.29	3.18	3.16	3.19	3.11