United Airlines Aircraft Operating Statistics- Cost Per Block Hour (Unadjusted)
United Airlines
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
	Small Narrowbodies	$2,087	$2,244	$2,334	$2,311	$2,340	$2,646	$2,938	$2,786	$2,399	$2,428	$2,791	$3,187	$3,375	$4,409
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,585	$1,646	$1,757	$1,822	$1,881	$1,977	$2,210	$2,206	$1,701	$1,520	$1,484	$1,635	$1,770	$1,774
	Pilots	$523	$549	$576	$595	$597	$670	$850	$905	$634	$528	$463	$462	$468	$516
	Salaries and Wages	$388	$410	$444	$439	$437	$484	$553	$568	$371	$327	$292	$293	$296	$325
	Pilot Training	$25	$20	$21	$19	$21	$20	$25	$23	$11	$9	$11	$9	$10	$9
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$70	$76	$67	$91	$89	$115	$211	$259	$213	$158	$124	$121	$118	$135
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$40	$43	$45	$46	$50	$51	$61	$54	$39	$35	$36	$40	$44	$47
	Purchased Goods	$563	$693	$665	$572	$544	$769	$796	$652	$770	$981	$1,384	$1,633	$1,681	$2,726
	Fuel/Oil	$502	$598	$578	$489	$459	$669	$728	$579	$698	$908	$1,307	$1,552	$1,605	$2,636
	Insurance	$7	$5	$4	$2	$2	$2	$6	$17	$9	$6	$5	$4	$4	$2
	Other (inc. Tax)	$54	$90	$84	$80	$83	$97	$62	$56	$62	$66	$72	$77	$72	$88
	Maintenance	$552	$588	$696	$737	$788	$757	$808	$710	$594	$553	$614	$721	$833	$750
	Labor	$125	$123	$126	$129	$134	$133	$127	$158	$96	$74	$67	$68	$68	$74
	Materials	$85	$100	$124	$148	$162	$141	$131	$82	$66	$70	$69	$74	$101	$87
	Third Party	$31	$29	$65	$96	$126	$125	$167	$123	$157	$200	$279	$352	$425	$381
	Total Direct	$241	$252	$315	$370	$420	$393	$417	$362	$317	$339	$413	$494	$594	$538
	Burden	$311	$335	$381	$367	$367	$364	$391	$348	$277	$214	$201	$227	$240	$212
	Aircraft Ownership	$445	$411	$387	$396	$408	$444	$485	$512	$399	$358	$315	$366	$391	$414
	Rentals	$330	$288	$282	$273	$257	$252	$268	$333	$239	$199	$145	$193	$199	$219
	Depreciation and Amortization	$116	$123	$105	$123	$151	$192	$217	$178	$160	$159	$170	$173	$191	$195
	Other	$4	$3	$9	$12	$4	$6	-$2	$7	$2	$8	$16	$4	$3	$4
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	329	332	332	325	336	347	349	303	305	293	249	246	239	232
	Seats Per Departure	127	128	128	131	131	128	127	127	127	128	131	132	131	132
	Average Stage Length	692	716	721	742	760	767	793	820	883	906	953	941	926	917
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	921	932	923	913	900	910	886	811	718	756	765	756	747	741
	Load Factor	67.6%	69.6%	69.6%	70.1%	68.3%	69.6%	69.4%	71.2%	75.4%	77.7%	80.8%	81.8%	82.6%	82.2%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.28	9.40	9.59	9.78	9.95	9.85	9.22	8.96	9.00	9.81	10.36	10.57	10.65	9.96
	Airborne Hours	7.75	7.88	8.01	8.17	8.24	8.10	7.67	7.51	8.26	8.21	8.75	10.21	10.69	9.97
	Departures	4.83	4.76	4.81	4.77	4.71	4.57	4.21	4.01	3.78	3.97	4.04	4.17	4.21	3.97
	Large Narrowbodies	$2,654	$2,886	$3,022	$2,755	$2,684	$2,939	$3,723	$3,763	$3,493	$3,640	$3,800	$3,966	$4,334	$5,976
	(Ex Fuel)	$2,083	$2,209	$2,363	$2,193	$2,150	$2,178	$2,846	$2,986	$2,563	$2,384	$2,006	$1,875	$2,197	$2,453
	Pilots	$651	$678	$744	$720	$733	$800	$948	$1,031	$734	$653	$541	$543	$566	$600
	Salaries and Wages	$495	$517	$583	$539	$546	$585	$629	$654	$440	$393	$350	$353	$368	$382
	Pilot Training	$28	$22	$26	$20	$23	$23	$25	$26	$20	$14	$9	$7	$11	$10
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$92	$97	$91	$114	$114	$141	$236	$299	$235	$209	$146	$143	$143	$161
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$35	$41	$45	$46	$50	$51	$58	$52	$39	$37	$36	$40	$44	$47
	Purchased Goods	$644	$784	$756	$650	$631	$864	$961	$873	$1,021	$1,354	$1,897	$2,200	$2,236	$3,644
	Fuel/Oil	$571	$677	$659	$562	$534	$761	$877	$777	$930	$1,256	$1,794	$2,091	$2,137	$3,523
	Insurance	$13	$11	$7	$4	$4	$5	$9	$20	$11	$6	$4	$4	$3	$2
	Other (inc. Tax)	$59	$96	$90	$84	$93	$99	$75	$76	$81	$91	$99	$105	$97	$120
	Maintenance	$532	$652	$775	$711	$739	$734	$1,032	$1,117	$1,148	$1,155	$939	$834	$1,108	$1,262
	Labor	$81	$121	$129	$126	$121	$121	$174	$216	$155	$101	$76	$84	$86	$97
	Materials	$122	$128	$175	$126	$167	$156	$204	$210	$287	$224	$126	$123	$198	$239
	Third Party	$52	$45	$60	$68	$70	$75	$97	$112	$122	$394	$475	$313	$460	$528
	Total Direct	$249	$294	$364	$320	$359	$352	$470	$539	$560	$719	$644	$520	$744	$864
	Burden	$284	$358	$411	$391	$380	$382	$562	$578	$588	$436	$294	$314	$364	$398
	Aircraft Ownership	$821	$769	$737	$661	$575	$581	$769	$734	$590	$465	$403	$385	$418	$467
	Rentals	$564	$523	$506	$402	$374	$397	$490	$479	$309	$234	$168	$239	$242	$273
	Depreciation and Amortization	$257	$246	$231	$259	$200	$184	$279	$255	$281	$230	$234	$146	$176	$193
	Other	$7	$4	$10	$13	$6	-$41	$12	$8	$0	$14	$21	$3	$5	$3
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	88	90	92	96	98	98	98	97	96	97	97	97	97	97
	Seats Per Departure	188	188	188	188	186	182	182	182	182	182	172	171	171	170
	Average Stage Length	1,406	1,410	1,401	1,311	1,281	1,365	1,383	1,348	1,363	1,406	1,401	1,449	1,445	1,446
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,050	1,053	1,053	1,050	1,050	1,073	1,106	1,105	1,013	1,065	1,044	1,022	1,004	1,007
	Load Factor	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	10
	Airborne Hours	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	9	11	11	10
	Departures	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
	Widebodies	$5,040	$5,424	$5,376	$4,948	$4,804	$5,631	$5,882	$5,885	$5,530	$5,890	$7,200	$7,747	$7,986	$10,946
	(Ex Fuel)	$3,584	$3,713	$3,768	$3,663	$3,572	$3,886	$4,051	$4,313	$3,729	$3,369	$3,412	$3,279	$3,260	$3,376
	Pilots	$977	$1,102	$1,231	$1,274	$1,247	$1,343	$1,602	$1,742	$1,291	$1,084	$902	$880	$900	$1,003
	Salaries and Wages	$759	$858	$990	$980	$949	$994	$1,082	$1,131	$739	$653	$584	$581	$595	$647
	Pilot Training	$36	$31	$35	$32	$38	$38	$49	$48	$32	$21	$16	$12	$14	$15
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$132	$159	$149	$204	$196	$244	$408	$503	$462	$347	$243	$227	$223	$268
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$50	$53	$57	$58	$63	$66	$64	$60	$58	$62	$59	$60	$68	$74
	Purchased Goods	$1,513	$1,788	$1,683	$1,356	$1,309	$1,815	$1,935	$1,701	$1,927	$2,660	$3,953	$4,634	$4,884	$7,761
	Fuel/Oil	$1,456	$1,711	$1,608	$1,285	$1,232	$1,745	$1,831	$1,573	$1,801	$2,521	$3,788	$4,468	$4,726	$7,570
	Insurance	$18	$15	$12	$9	$8	$9	$19	$43	$26	$17	$21	$17	$12	$6
	Other (inc. Tax)	$40	$63	$63	$63	$70	$61	$84	$86	$100	$122	$144	$149	$145	$186
	Maintenance	$1,196	$1,176	$1,225	$1,159	$1,116	$1,225	$1,206	$1,203	$1,112	$1,038	$1,281	$1,410	$1,386	$1,371
	Labor	$251	$222	$197	$206	$204	$217	$241	$211	$165	$134	$113	$97	$111	$113
	Materials	$279	$246	$228	$194	$236	$197	$246	$168	$196	$175	$235	$186	$188	$212
	Third Party	$109	$165	$250	$240	$226	$222	$265	$237	$266	$346	$443	$629	$590	$552
	Total Direct	$639	$632	$674	$618	$572	$635	$602	$617	$562	$585	$775	$912	$888	$877
	Burden	$557	$543	$550	$541	$545	$590	$604	$587	$552	$453	$505	$497	$498	$494
	Aircraft Ownership	$1,340	$1,344	$1,215	$1,140	$1,121	$1,235	$1,232	$1,225	$1,266	$1,165	$1,029	$815	$793	$787
	Rentals	$790	$759	$696	$644	$622	$669	$579	$593	$564	$526	$401	$264	$247	$222
	Depreciation and Amortization	$549	$585	$519	$496	$500	$566	$653	$633	$702	$640	$628	$551	$546	$565
	Other	$14	$14	$21	$19	$10	$13	-$92	$13	-$66	-$57	$36	$8	$24	$24
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	135	139	145	153	153	156	150	156	150	128	117	117	117	116
	Seats Per Departure	296	298	294	284	280	280	276	266	261	265	273	273	273	271
	Average Stage Length	2,762	2,746	2,800	2,783	2,772	2,890	3,080	2,915	3,016	3,141	3,398	3,348	3,476	3,672
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	2,525	2,492	2,460	2,385	2,317	2,280	2,180	2,105	1,737	2,160	2,244	2,235	2,266	2,207
	Load Factor	73.2%	74.1%	74.0%	72.6%	72.8%	74.0%	71.7%	75.8%	77.3%	81.1%	82.0%	82.9%	82.9%	79.8%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	11.54	11.38	11.48	11.69	11.94	11.86	11.56	10.53	9.59	11.61	12.07	12.14	12.41	12.45
	Airborne Hours	10.70	10.53	10.63	10.79	10.96	10.90	10.70	9.66	8.15	10.80	10.91	11.99	12.43	12.46
	Departures	1.99	1.97	1.96	2.00	2.04	1.94	1.79	1.72	1.52	1.76	1.71	1.75	1.73	1.65
	Total Fleet	$3,014	$3,238	$3,319	$3,169	$3,119	$3,568	$3,928	$3,920	$3,478	$3,615	$4,238	$4,618	$4,899	$6,722
	(Ex Fuel)	$2,231	$2,317	$2,434	$2,432	$2,421	$2,569	$2,853	$2,998	$2,426	$2,193	$2,133	$2,142	$2,287	$2,403
	Pilots	$672	$724	$792	$818	$810	$889	$1,086	$1,186	$838	$706	$602	$595	$613	$681
	Salaries and Wages	$510	$553	$623	$616	$606	$650	$720	$758	$487	$430	$386	$386	$397	$435
	Pilot Training	$29	$23	$26	$23	$26	$26	$32	$31	$19	$13	$12	$9	$11	$11
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$91	$103	$95	$128	$124	$157	$273	$342	$288	$220	$162	$155	$153	$181
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$42	$46	$48	$50	$54	$56	$61	$55	$45	$43	$43	$46	$51	$55
	Purchased Goods	$844	$1,013	$970	$817	$782	$1,091	$1,156	$1,016	$1,142	$1,517	$2,211	$2,587	$2,716	$4,446
	Fuel/Oil	$782	$921	$885	$737	$697	$999	$1,075	$922	$1,052	$1,421	$2,104	$2,476	$2,611	$4,319
	Insurance	$11	$9	$7	$5	$4	$5	$10	$25	$14	$9	$9	$8	$6	$3
	Other (inc. Tax)	$51	$84	$79	$76	$81	$87	$71	$69	$76	$86	$98	$103	$98	$124
	Maintenance	$730	$762	$860	$857	$875	$890	$961	$936	$837	$799	$868	$936	$1,050	$1,047
	Labor	$153	$150	$147	$151	$152	$156	$168	$185	$126	$96	$82	$80	$84	$91
	Materials	$146	$146	$162	$158	$184	$160	$177	$132	$141	$128	$127	$116	$146	$157
	Third Party	$56	$70	$117	$133	$146	$145	$184	$156	$182	$276	$365	$420	$479	$464
	Total Direct	$354	$365	$426	$434	$454	$457	$480	$473	$429	$477	$562	$615	$710	$710
	Burden	$376	$397	$434	$423	$421	$433	$482	$464	$409	$321	$306	$321	$340	$337
	Aircraft Ownership	$760	$732	$684	$663	$645	$698	$750	$772	$678	$602	$533	$495	$512	$538
	Rentals	$499	$459	$439	$405	$384	$398	$396	$440	$343	$296	$222	$222	$222	$231
	Depreciation and Amortization	$261	$273	$245	$258	$261	$300	$355	$333	$335	$306	$312	$272	$290	$307
	Other	$7	$7	$13	$14	$6	$0	-$26	$9	-$18	-$9	$22	$5	$9	$10
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	553	561	569	573	587	601	597	556	551	519	462	460	453	445
	Seats Per Departure	194	194	195	195	192	190	188	187	181	183	186	186	188	190
	Average Stage Length	1,046	1,068	1,088	1,115	1,121	1,145	1,181	1,224	1,255	1,293	1,368	1,364	1,371	1,402
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,394	1,387	1,382	1,372	1,339	1,338	1,301	1,264	1,059	1,204	1,238	1,223	1,237	1,241
	Load Factor	70.5%	71.7%	71.8%	71.6%	71.0%	72.3%	70.8%	73.5%	76.4%	79.3%	81.5%	82.1%	82.7%	81.0%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	10.04	10.13	10.32	10.55	10.68	10.53	9.95	9.58	9.18	10.31	10.86	11.15	11.17	10.72
	Airborne Hours	8.73	8.81	8.98	9.17	9.21	9.04	8.62	8.33	8.25	8.70	9.43	10.86	11.20	10.74
	Departures	3.87	3.83	3.84	3.84	3.83	3.67	3.41	3.20	2.99	3.24	3.26	3.36	3.33	3.14