| System Labor Expense per Available Seat Mile (ex Management and Other) | |||||||||||||||
| Cents per Available Seat Mile | |||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| American | 3.12 | 2.91 | 3.16 | 3.34 | 3.33 | 3.72 | 3.94 | 4.29 | 4.12 | 3.53 | 3.40 | 3.40 | 3.41 | 3.58 | |
| Continental | 2.34 | 2.47 | 2.66 | 2.98 | 2.80 | 3.00 | 3.11 | 3.24 | 3.38 | 3.14 | 2.81 | 2.77 | 2.84 | 2.68 | |
| Delta | 2.96 | 3.12 | 2.94 | 2.95 | 3.06 | 2.92 | 3.35 | 3.71 | 4.16 | 3.88 | 2.96 | 2.63 | 2.35 | 2.49 | |
| Northwest | 3.04 | 2.89 | 2.82 | 3.26 | 3.11 | 3.16 | 3.65 | 3.77 | 3.95 | 3.78 | 3.73 | 2.83 | 2.47 | 2.50 | |
| United | 2.92 | 3.07 | 3.25 | 3.32 | 3.40 | 3.60 | 4.10 | 4.43 | 3.64 | 3.16 | 2.62 | 2.60 | 2.66 | 2.85 | |
| US Airways | 4.30 | 4.72 | 4.77 | 4.74 | 4.92 | 4.70 | 4.95 | 4.81 | 4.30 | 3.74 | 2.44 | 2.25 | 2.62 | 2.68 | |
| America West | 1.56 | 1.49 | 1.49 | 1.55 | 1.63 | 1.81 | 1.99 | 1.98 | 2.03 | 1.93 | 2.00 | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 3.02 | 3.06 | 3.13 | 3.26 | 3.28 | 3.40 | 3.75 | 3.98 | 3.85 | 3.45 | 3.00 | 2.82 | 2.78 | 2.87 | |
| Southwest | 2.33 | 2.41 | 2.49 | 2.64 | 2.68 | 2.73 | 2.74 | 2.76 | 2.93 | 3.02 | 3.03 | 3.15 | 3.09 | 3.12 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 1.70 | 1.68 | 1.86 | 1.84 | 1.66 | 1.62 | 1.75 | 1.82 | 1.91 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 0.95 | 1.77 | 1.79 | 2.07 | 2.19 | 2.17 | 2.09 | 2.10 | 1.98 | 1.93 | 1.87 | 1.90 | |
| Frontier | 1.16 | 1.05 | 1.09 | 1.16 | 1.34 | 1.65 | 1.75 | 2.01 | 1.93 | 2.02 | 2.19 | 2.06 | 1.98 | 1.95 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.39 | 1.40 | 1.26 | 1.43 | 1.60 | |
| -- sub LCC | 2.30 | 2.29 | 2.39 | 2.51 | 2.53 | 2.59 | 2.58 | 2.57 | 2.62 | 2.62 | 2.59 | 2.63 | 2.57 | 2.61 | |
| Alaska | 2.31 | 2.44 | 2.61 | 2.73 | 2.81 | 3.07 | 3.29 | 3.32 | 3.44 | 3.41 | 3.01 | 2.93 | 2.84 | 2.81 | |
| Hawaiian | 2.05 | 1.86 | 1.86 | 1.88 | 1.95 | 1.92 | 2.14 | 2.78 | 2.64 | 2.73 | 2.56 | 2.45 | 2.14 | 2.28 | |
| Midwest | 2.83 | 3.07 | 3.31 | 3.43 | 3.40 | 3.89 | 4.20 | 3.97 | 3.66 | 3.06 | 2.53 | 2.36 | 2.32 | 2.58 | |
| -- sub Other | 2.30 | 2.36 | 2.50 | 2.61 | 2.68 | 2.86 | 3.08 | 3.27 | 3.28 | 3.23 | 2.85 | 2.74 | 2.60 | 2.65 | |
| Total All Sectors | 2.97 | 2.99 | 3.06 | 3.19 | 3.20 | 3.32 | 3.62 | 3.80 | 3.67 | 3.33 | 2.93 | 2.78 | 2.73 | 2.81 | |
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P6 & T2. | |||||||||||||||