US Airways Aircraft Operating Statistics- Cost Per Block Hour (Unadjusted)
US Airways
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
	Small Narrowbodies	$2,068	$2,310	$2,406	$2,166	$2,352	$2,530	$2,938	$2,924	$2,737	$2,624	$2,755	$3,339	$3,464	$4,399
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,643	$1,796	$1,916	$1,796	$1,940	$1,832	$2,325	$2,397	$2,102	$1,825	$1,537	$1,738	$1,816	$2,081
	Pilots	$642	$717	$772	$712	$763	$718	$852	$1,013	$827	$686	$462	$479	$494	$534
	Salaries and Wages	$424	$448	$448	$447	$428	$387	$488	$519	$477	$369	$293	$319	$317	$353
	Pilot Training	$36	$33	$31	$42	$87	$93	$94	$88	$33	$35	$32	$0	$0	$0
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$155	$209	$264	$191	$210	$202	$234	$371	$290	$255	$109	$138	$149	$151
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$28	$27	$28	$31	$37	$35	$37	$34	$27	$26	$27	$22	$29	$29
	Purchased Goods	$470	$582	$551	$425	$466	$753	$673	$591	$689	$856	$1,275	$1,663	$1,703	$2,380
	Fuel/Oil	$426	$513	$490	$370	$413	$697	$614	$527	$635	$799	$1,218	$1,601	$1,648	$2,318
	Insurance	$15	$15	$10	$7	$3	$3	$11	$22	$13	$12	$12	$4	$3	$2
	Other (inc. Tax)	$30	$53	$51	$48	$50	$53	$48	$42	$40	$45	$45	$58	$52	$60
	Maintenance	$527	$565	$594	$586	$625	$601	$749	$724	$688	$575	$520	$602	$656	$835
	Labor	$70	$54	$51	$57	$63	$65	$145	$135	$119	$86	$54	$114	$129	$169
	Materials	$90	$96	$144	$127	$134	$110	$120	$88	$80	$60	$47	$80	$55	$79
	Third Party	$147	$167	$151	$152	$153	$150	$208	$202	$199	$207	$257	$320	$388	$530
	Total Direct	$304	$316	$342	$324	$344	$321	$465	$413	$386	$341	$350	$513	$551	$749
	Burden	$223	$250	$252	$262	$281	$283	$285	$310	$301	$234	$170	$89	$105	$87
	Aircraft Ownership	$425	$439	$485	$435	$465	$450	$613	$604	$529	$501	$495	$598	$614	$649
	Rentals	$292	$323	$306	$295	$326	$316	$455	$505	$459	$441	$440	$557	$578	$593
	Depreciation and Amortization	$133	$116	$180	$141	$139	$134	$158	$99	$70	$60	$54	$41	$36	$56
	Other	$4	$7	$4	$8	$33	$9	$51	-$7	$4	$6	$4	-$1	-$3	$0
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	341	346	339	324	336	348	252	226	199	211	209	283	268	269
	Seats Per Departure	120	121	121	122	122	124	126	130	130	127	123	134	136	135
	Average Stage Length	514	519	521	519	535	554	556	539	593	625	625	790	788	799
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	745	785	775	761	783	783	766	769	767	762	721	764	774	761
	Load Factor	64.0%	68.1%	70.8%	72.1%	68.5%	68.3%	67.2%	66.3%	69.3%	70.9%	71.2%	78.4%	80.4%	81.4%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.47	8.76	9.04	9.16	9.11	9.67	11.93	9.12	8.84	8.87	9.07	9.72	10.02	9.59
	Airborne Hours	7.96	7.18	7.40	7.44	7.33	7.71	9.47	7.18	8.37	8.92	9.12	9.62	10.08	9.24
	Departures	5.98	5.40	5.52	5.57	5.36	5.46	6.71	5.28	4.77	4.69	4.76	4.34	4.39	4.17
	Large Narrowbodies	$2,424	$2,554	$2,745	$2,725	$3,069	$3,333	$3,122	$2,905	$3,080	$3,305	$3,325	$4,003	$4,367	$5,570
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,837	$1,869	$2,063	$2,215	$2,470	$2,360	$2,305	$2,212	$2,229	$2,173	$1,527	$1,927	$2,076	$2,268
	Pilots	$802	$936	$934	$930	$1,141	$1,043	$945	$987	$787	$704	$443	$527	$551	$611
	Salaries and Wages	$527	$551	$527	$577	$674	$567	$587	$523	$461	$391	$286	$340	$340	$385
	Pilot Training	$84	$67	$61	$73	$114	$86	$54	$56	$36	$22	$29	$0	$0	$0
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$161	$286	$313	$246	$307	$345	$271	$378	$263	$267	$103	$156	$163	$165
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$30	$32	$32	$34	$46	$45	$33	$30	$27	$25	$25	$31	$49	$60
	Purchased Goods	$665	$788	$774	$591	$678	$1,055	$900	$768	$920	$1,207	$1,875	$2,142	$2,369	$3,390
	Fuel/Oil	$587	$685	$681	$510	$600	$974	$817	$693	$851	$1,131	$1,797	$2,076	$2,291	$3,302
	Insurance	$36	$33	$23	$14	$8	$6	$19	$20	$15	$15	$14	$5	$3	$2
	Other (inc. Tax)	$41	$70	$70	$67	$71	$75	$64	$55	$54	$60	$63	$61	$75	$85
	Maintenance	$278	$168	$376	$523	$579	$603	$623	$578	$803	$799	$471	$746	$890	$995
	Labor	$29	$7	$14	$24	$27	$28	$103	$102	$93	$113	$20	$125	$127	$169
	Materials	$40	$38	$59	$73	$82	$86	$80	$58	$69	$61	$35	$125	$123	$137
	Third Party	$149	$100	$229	$317	$347	$366	$237	$190	$408	$323	$373	$392	$524	$610
	Total Direct	$191	$134	$302	$414	$456	$480	$420	$346	$567	$493	$423	$627	$763	$909
	Burden	$87	$34	$73	$109	$123	$123	$203	$233	$236	$305	$53	$119	$127	$87
	Aircraft Ownership	$672	$652	$651	$671	$634	$614	$628	$570	$560	$582	$530	$590	$557	$575
	Rentals	$337	$308	$309	$313	$296	$271	$307	$272	$396	$446	$420	$486	$423	$430
	Depreciation and Amortization	$335	$344	$342	$358	$337	$343	$321	$298	$164	$136	$110	$104	$134	$145
	Other	$7	$10	$10	$10	$37	$18	$26	$1	$9	$12	$6	-$2	$0	$0
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	29	34	34	34	34	34	40	60	58	59	59	73	72	71
	Seats Per Departure	182	182	182	182	182	182	178	176	175	180	180	182	185	186
	Average Stage Length	1,091	1,069	1,220	1,301	1,254	1,239	1,196	1,051	1,114	1,135	1,087	1,263	1,286	1,417
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	995	1,044	1,069	1,078	1,136	1,116	1,037	1,013	1,027	1,037	1,010	1,055	1,075	1,064
	Load Factor	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	11	11	10	11	10	10	10
	Airborne Hours	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	9	10	10	11	11	10	10
	Departures	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
	Widebodies	$2,754	$3,410	$3,633	$3,341	$3,604	$4,272	$4,716	$4,076	$4,514	$4,579	$5,038	$4,850	$6,077	$8,056
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,968	$2,441	$2,699	$2,625	$2,720	$2,824	$3,258	$2,907	$3,099	$2,739	$2,184	$2,116	$2,469	$2,671
	Pilots	$1,039	$1,158	$1,232	$1,294	$1,464	$1,598	$1,904	$1,485	$1,477	$1,112	$747	$595	$712	$820
	Salaries and Wages	$701	$711	$735	$830	$817	$936	$1,112	$788	$863	$615	$495	$408	$472	$556
	Pilot Training	$62	$48	$15	$67	$146	$270	$233	$69	$50	$27	$36	$0	$0	$0
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$213	$354	$439	$347	$434	$332	$506	$581	$516	$427	$176	$169	$208	$238
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$62	$44	$43	$50	$67	$59	$54	$47	$49	$43	$40	$18	$32	$26
	Purchased Goods	$888	$1,103	$1,053	$822	$995	$1,562	$1,594	$1,290	$1,525	$1,958	$2,977	$2,828	$3,692	$5,393
	Fuel/Oil	$786	$969	$934	$716	$885	$1,448	$1,458	$1,169	$1,415	$1,840	$2,854	$2,735	$3,608	$5,386
	Insurance	$41	$39	$26	$17	$8	$8	$25	$31	$20	$19	$19	$5	$3	$4
	Other (inc. Tax)	$61	$95	$94	$90	$103	$105	$111	$90	$89	$99	$103	$89	$81	$4
	Maintenance	$110	$312	$505	$538	$549	$476	$562	$699	$971	$1,001	$743	$736	$848	$876
	Labor	$16	$16	$25	$42	$40	$36	$88	$113	$153	$150	$44	$134	$129	$170
	Materials	$99	$58	$115	$81	$60	$63	$124	$133	$117	$114	$130	$171	$116	$186
	Third Party	$254	$180	$239	$233	$277	$227	$186	$204	$320	$329	$494	$329	$508	$660
	Total Direct	$140	$247	$379	$353	$371	$317	$388	$438	$586	$588	$658	$603	$711	$790
	Burden	$52	$65	$126	$186	$178	$160	$173	$261	$385	$413	$107	$133	$137	$86
	Aircraft Ownership	$743	$826	$831	$674	$570	$588	$599	$594	$528	$498	$585	$693	$824	$968
	Rentals	$422	$617	$637	$452	$374	$302	$252	$259	$170	$157	$297	$592	$684	$767
	Depreciation and Amortization	$322	$209	$194	$222	$196	$286	$347	$335	$358	$341	$288	$101	$141	$201
	Other	-$26	$11	$11	$12	$26	$48	$57	$8	$13	$10	-$14	-$2	$0	-$1
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	8	11	12	13	12	15	16	20	19	19	19	19	12	19
	Seats Per Departure	214	211	208	200	200	213	230	232	230	233	233	233	247	250
	Average Stage Length	2,129	2,356	2,795	3,206	3,570	3,477	3,349	2,709	3,033	2,929	2,962	2,931	3,101	3,374
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,318	1,411	1,440	1,598	1,140	5,282	1,800	1,647	1,688	1,699	1,646	1,674	1,092	1,670
	Load Factor	71.6%	73.2%	77.1%	77.5%	78.5%	79.1%	73.1%	78.9%	79.2%	81.5%	80.8%	78.8%	77.4%	78.1%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	12.49	12.07	12.56	12.54	14.63	14.60	16.80	12.79	12.86	13.00	12.90	12.96	21.38	12.51
	Airborne Hours	11.48	11.14	11.59	11.59	13.56	13.52	15.49	11.66	12.70	13.05	12.95	13.29	12.81	12.38
	Departures	2.63	2.32	2.06	1.81	1.91	1.94	2.32	2.15	1.97	2.05	2.00	2.02	3.16	1.72
	Total Fleet	$2,121	$2,378	$2,493	$2,277	$2,488	$2,708	$3,086	$3,018	$2,983	$2,949	$3,085	$3,572	$3,820	$4,885
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,670	$1,829	$1,964	$1,877	$2,033	$1,941	$2,386	$2,399	$2,225	$1,983	$1,592	$1,801	$1,912	$2,159
	Pilots	$668	$757	$808	$761	$836	$799	$938	$1,047	$878	$728	$482	$496	$520	$569
	Salaries and Wages	$442	$469	$468	$478	$472	$436	$545	$543	$510	$396	$310	$329	$332	$373
	Pilot Training	$41	$37	$34	$46	$93	$102	$98	$80	$35	$31	$32	$0	$0	$0
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$157	$222	$277	$204	$231	$224	$257	$391	$305	$273	$114	$143	$155	$160
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$29	$29	$29	$33	$40	$38	$38	$34	$29	$28	$27	$24	$33	$35
	Purchased Goods	$500	$623	$595	$460	$514	$828	$767	$690	$822	$1,032	$1,561	$1,835	$1,969	$2,790
	Fuel/Oil	$451	$549	$528	$400	$455	$767	$700	$619	$759	$966	$1,493	$1,771	$1,908	$2,726
	Insurance	$18	$18	$12	$8	$4	$4	$13	$22	$15	$13	$13	$4	$3	$3
	Other (inc. Tax)	$32	$56	$55	$52	$55	$58	$54	$49	$48	$53	$54	$60	$58	$62
	Maintenance	$492	$514	$567	$577	$617	$594	$719	$689	$741	$662	$528	$640	$716	$871
	Labor	$65	$48	$46	$53	$58	$59	$135	$126	$116	$98	$46	$118	$128	$169
	Materials	$86	$88	$134	$119	$125	$105	$115	$85	$81	$65	$51	$95	$73	$98
	Third Party	$150	$161	$163	$173	$179	$176	$210	$200	$259	$243	$304	$335	$423	$555
	Total Direct	$289	$295	$339	$335	$357	$337	$453	$400	$447	$397	$394	$542	$604	$784
	Burden	$206	$220	$228	$243	$260	$260	$266	$289	$294	$265	$138	$98	$112	$87
	Aircraft Ownership	$457	$476	$517	$471	$488	$474	$614	$596	$536	$519	$511	$602	$617	$655
	Rentals	$300	$333	$320	$304	$325	$311	$420	$432	$417	$417	$423	$545	$554	$572
	Depreciation and Amortization	$157	$143	$197	$167	$163	$164	$193	$163	$119	$102	$87	$58	$63	$84
	Other	$3	$7	$5	$8	$33	$12	$48	-$4	$6	$7	$3	-$2	-$2	$0
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	379	391	385	370	382	397	307	305	276	289	287	375	352	359
	Seats Per Departure	131	133	134	134	135	138	144	153	154	153	150	153	156	157
	Average Stage Length	563	580	592	597	616	639	667	685	762	782	777	920	924	955
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	785	837	834	832	837	1,062	874	898	914	907	868	882	855	884
	Load Factor	64.9%	68.5%	71.4%	72.8%	70.2%	70.4%	68.9%	71.0%	73.3%	75.0%	75.1%	78.8%	80.8%	81.7%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.71	9.03	9.31	9.42	9.46	10.07	12.32	9.71	9.47	9.41	9.64	10.03	10.40	9.86
	Airborne Hours	8.20	7.48	7.72	7.77	7.74	8.18	10.01	7.90	9.05	9.45	9.69	10.01	10.18	9.54
	Departures	5.77	5.18	5.24	5.25	5.09	5.20	6.18	4.83	4.35	4.28	4.38	4.02	4.09	3.79