Delta Airlines Aircraft Operating Statistics- Cost Per Block Hour (Unadjusted)
Delta Airlines
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
	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	$3,979
	(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	$1,235
	Pilots	$707	$707	$640	$609	$600	$683	$730	$875	$1,128	$1,019	$738	$638	$460	$470
	Salaries and Wages	$509	$494	$452	$428	$451	$520	$566	$604	$710	$648	$441	$350	$344	$336
	Pilot Training	$28	$30	$46	$42	$39	$58	$59	$36	$28	$21	$9	$5	$5	$5
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$140	$152	$110	$103	$72	$63	$62	$197	$351	$312	$254	$250	$70	$86
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$30	$31	$32	$36	$39	$42	$43	$38	$39	$37	$33	$34	$41	$42
	Purchased Goods	$585	$712	$694	$584	$556	$662	$685	$614	$770	$1,051	$1,541	$1,857	$1,999	$2,755
	Fuel/Oil	$544	$641	$627	$522	$489	$599	$624	$552	$704	$967	$1,448	$1,789	$1,971	$2,743
	Insurance	$6	$4	$4	$3	$2	$1	$0	$7	$4	$13	$12	$12	$12	$11
	Other (inc. Tax)	$36	$68	$63	$60	$65	$62	$61	$56	$62	$70	$81	$56	$16	$0
	Maintenance	$357	$352	$398	$402	$414	$581	$559	$514	$527	$493	$458	$514	$553	$512
	Labor	$52	$52	$57	$58	$71	$117	$51	$110	$116	$103	$72	$57	$58	$46
	Materials	$128	$103	$146	$136	$125	$215	$150	$132	$120	$117	$107	$153	$180	$153
	Third Party	$29	$28	$39	$51	$54	$96	$108	$99	$106	$125	$164	$203	$194	$167
	Total Direct	$206	$204	$241	$243	$247	$421	$307	$336	$323	$316	$322	$374	$391	$339
	Burden	$151	$149	$158	$160	$167	$160	$251	$178	$204	$188	$142	$149	$173	$172
	Aircraft Ownership	$363	$325	$323	$352	$373	$386	$414	$437	$590	$512	$478	$431	$275	$218
	Rentals	$216	$163	$154	$167	$178	$189	$196	$238	$328	$304	$231	$113	$58	$59
	Depreciation and Amortization	$147	$161	$169	$186	$195	$197	$218	$199	$262	$209	$247	$318	$216	$160
	Other	-$2	$2	$2	$10	$13	$12	$13	$26	$9	$12	$27	$79	-$31	$24
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	330	326	332	334	334	320	305	263	214	192	195	124	133	133
	Seats Per Departure	139	139	139	139	139	138	132	131	135	132	133	139	143	142
	Average Stage Length	552	567	569	579	605	609	621	612	607	574	558	575	611	606
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,018	1,013	1,004	1,024	995	993	968	871	885	854	849	862	874	856
	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%	79.6%
	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	8.91
	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	6.77
	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	4.49
	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	$4,496
	(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	$1,596
	Pilots	$639	$757	$626	$618	$597	$741	$907	$1,020	$1,196	$1,086	$748	$659	$476	$496
	Salaries and Wages	$473	$477	$458	$457	$468	$588	$733	$723	$763	$688	$431	$349	$358	$356
	Pilot Training	$17	$16	$40	$36	$33	$60	$66	$33	$21	$18	$6	$4	$5	$6
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$125	$240	$102	$95	$65	$62	$69	$225	$374	$345	$284	$278	$77	$96
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$24	$25	$26	$30	$30	$32	$39	$39	$38	$35	$26	$28	$36	$38
	Purchased Goods	$574	$721	$693	$572	$550	$684	$705	$667	$807	$1,153	$1,707	$1,977	$2,070	$2,913
	Fuel/Oil	$526	$646	$624	$510	$484	$623	$644	$600	$739	$1,065	$1,607	$1,908	$2,041	$2,901
	Insurance	$13	$7	$6	$5	$3	$2	$0	$8	$5	$15	$14	$14	$14	$12
	Other (inc. Tax)	$36	$69	$63	$57	$63	$59	$61	$59	$63	$73	$86	$55	$15	$0
	Maintenance	$385	$278	$441	$539	$553	$563	$616	$575	$612	$616	$585	$616	$670	$625
	Labor	$40	$30	$34	$29	$70	$113	$57	$130	$128	$134	$84	$72	$78	$80
	Materials	$172	$80	$104	$109	$71	$166	$136	$105	$111	$107	$114	$124	$167	$144
	Third Party	$55	$53	$128	$185	$188	$142	$149	$148	$164	$169	$229	$254	$234	$210
	Total Direct	$268	$154	$266	$323	$330	$416	$341	$371	$395	$408	$427	$450	$479	$433
	Burden	$117	$124	$174	$216	$223	$147	$276	$204	$217	$208	$158	$165	$191	$191
	Aircraft Ownership	$618	$596	$606	$595	$553	$523	$568	$572	$607	$581	$560	$505	$402	$439
	Rentals	$408	$385	$365	$349	$310	$254	$227	$217	$208	$203	$166	$91	$70	$121
	Depreciation and Amortization	$210	$211	$241	$245	$243	$269	$342	$355	$400	$379	$394	$413	$332	$318
	Other	$5	$7	$5	$5	$5	$7	$9	$3	$3	$8	$15	$28	$9	$23
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	85	86	91	93	110	137	173	190	176	103	119	155	192	192
	Seats Per Departure	180	181	181	182	181	178	176	173	173	174	175	174	171	173
	Average Stage Length	881	918	941	1,000	961	937	900	865	974	1,135	1,208	1,233	1,224	1,257
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,009	1,023	1,014	1,009	992	997	1,020	923	930	939	935	917	902	903
	Load Factor	1	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	11
	Airborne Hours	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	16	15	11	9	9
	Departures	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	7	6	4	4	3
	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	$7,492
	(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	$2,121
	Pilots	$982	$1,325	$923	$866	$888	$961	$1,043	$1,135	$1,394	$1,338	$1,010	$944	$773	$888
	Salaries and Wages	$701	$701	$663	$649	$696	$769	$842	$800	$915	$902	$652	$585	$615	$708
	Pilot Training	$57	$67	$68	$51	$59	$77	$78	$43	$26	$22	$9	$5	$7	$8
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$185	$524	$157	$129	$92	$74	$74	$240	$395	$359	$294	$295	$83	$103
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$39	$34	$35	$38	$41	$40	$49	$51	$57	$56	$56	$59	$68	$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	$5,384
	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	$5,371
	Insurance	$12	$8	$38	$8	$5	$6	$0	$9	$5	$15	$15	$14	$15	$13
	Other (inc. Tax)	$55	$104	$93	$84	$92	$92	$87	$86	$98	$94	$108	$74	$18	$0
	Maintenance	$737	$698	$654	$678	$761	$806	$774	$774	$660	$665	$632	$708	$771	$635
	Labor	$102	$94	$90	$79	$89	$127	$60	$136	$148	$135	$95	$80	$83	$85
	Materials	$273	$189	$245	$215	$240	$327	$228	$205	$131	$159	$162	$190	$280	$174
	Third Party	$77	$84	$91	$111	$158	$144	$207	$236	$167	$161	$232	$288	$209	$182
	Total Direct	$449	$413	$406	$404	$453	$585	$475	$555	$430	$449	$468	$532	$565	$427
	Burden	$289	$287	$248	$274	$308	$221	$299	$219	$230	$216	$165	$176	$207	$208
	Aircraft Ownership	$778	$1,527	$738	$811	$876	$826	$878	$949	$1,030	$944	$798	$874	$614	$571
	Rentals	$470	$445	$415	$433	$409	$374	$377	$393	$425	$358	$226	$187	$175	$170
	Depreciation and Amortization	$309	$1,081	$323	$378	$466	$452	$502	$556	$604	$586	$572	$687	$440	$401
	Other	-$21	$42	-$16	-$9	$12	$40	$33	$15	$6	$8	-$4	-$6	-$11	$14
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	122	121	129	135	137	143	146	144	143	126	113	92	110	107
	Seats Per Departure	248	248	243	237	232	230	230	230	227	229	231	232	232	235
	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	3,381
	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	1,659
	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%	81.2%
	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	13.69
	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	12.61
	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	1.87
	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	$5,280
	(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	$1,667
	Pilots	$767	$879	$713	$681	$679	$774	$866	$998	$1,232	$1,134	$822	$739	$562	$609
	Salaries and Wages	$553	$545	$509	$494	$522	$605	$689	$700	$790	$735	$500	$420	$432	$459
	Pilot Training	$34	$37	$51	$43	$43	$64	$66	$37	$25	$20	$8	$4	$6	$7
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$149	$266	$121	$109	$76	$66	$67	$219	$373	$338	$277	$275	$77	$96
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$31	$30	$32	$35	$38	$39	$43	$42	$44	$42	$37	$39	$47	$48
	Purchased Goods	$750	$908	$879	$713	$698	$854	$846	$806	$975	$1,341	$2,002	$2,406	$2,558	$3,626
	Fuel/Oil	$701	$825	$795	$643	$623	$782	$778	$733	$898	$1,249	$1,897	$2,332	$2,528	$3,613
	Insurance	$8	$5	$14	$5	$3	$2	$0	$8	$5	$14	$14	$13	$14	$12
	Other (inc. Tax)	$41	$78	$71	$66	$72	$70	$68	$66	$73	$78	$91	$61	$16	$0
	Maintenance	$461	$430	$475	$503	$538	$639	$634	$611	$598	$587	$558	$615	$671	$600
	Labor	$63	$59	$62	$58	$76	$119	$55	$124	$130	$124	$84	$71	$74	$73
	Materials	$174	$122	$165	$152	$145	$234	$168	$145	$120	$125	$126	$152	$205	$155
	Third Party	$46	$47	$69	$92	$110	$121	$147	$155	$145	$152	$209	$250	$217	$191
	Total Direct	$280	$250	$290	$302	$321	$465	$363	$412	$381	$388	$405	$454	$483	$408
	Burden	$181	$181	$185	$201	$217	$174	$271	$199	$216	$203	$155	$164	$191	$192
	Aircraft Ownership	$516	$690	$486	$522	$548	$541	$586	$631	$726	$660	$604	$595	$434	$425
	Rentals	$316	$277	$263	$273	$269	$256	$255	$277	$312	$281	$205	$126	$99	$121
	Depreciation and Amortization	$200	$412	$223	$249	$279	$285	$331	$355	$414	$379	$399	$470	$335	$304
	Other	-$6	$13	-$2	$4	$11	$18	$17	$15	$6	$9	$13	$32	-$7	$21
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	537	533	552	562	581	600	625	597	533	422	427	371	435	431
	Seats Per Departure	180	181	180	179	178	178	176	178	180	180	183	187	187	190
	Average Stage Length	761	783	795	823	849	871	885	893	948	984	1,039	1,170	1,237	1,282
	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	1,122
	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%	82.0%
	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	11.12
	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	9.42
	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	3.37