| System Total Expense (Excluding Fuel) per Available Seat Mile (CASM ex fuel) | |||||||||||||||
| Cents per Available Seat Mile | |||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| American | 8.48 | 7.90 | 8.24 | 8.46 | 8.50 | 9.11 | 10.41 | 9.84 | 9.94 | 8.94 | 9.11 | 9.25 | 9.61 | 10.88 | |
| Continental | 7.57 | 8.09 | 8.00 | 8.47 | 8.62 | 8.66 | 8.92 | 9.02 | 8.22 | 10.63 | 10.41 | 10.41 | 10.41 | 10.82 | |
| Delta | 7.80 | 8.30 | 7.86 | 8.06 | 8.14 | 8.21 | 8.83 | 9.10 | 11.42 | 11.05 | 10.21 | 10.59 | 10.79 | 11.31 | |
| Northwest | 7.95 | 7.80 | 7.71 | 8.56 | 8.04 | 8.24 | 8.90 | 9.21 | 9.03 | 10.50 | 11.16 | 9.97 | 9.78 | 11.24 | |
| United | 7.87 | 8.15 | 8.41 | 8.31 | 8.50 | 9.28 | 10.62 | 10.18 | 9.53 | 9.69 | 9.76 | 9.96 | 10.06 | 11.60 | |
| US Airways | 10.47 | 11.55 | 12.35 | 12.40 | 12.92 | 12.16 | 12.68 | 12.70 | 12.52 | 11.97 | 11.08 | 11.46 | 11.85 | 14.45 | |
| America West | 6.35 | 6.70 | 6.30 | 6.60 | 6.69 | 7.13 | 8.01 | 7.00 | 6.56 | 6.41 | 9.01 | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 8.17 | 8.31 | 8.39 | 8.61 | 8.67 | 9.00 | 9.90 | 9.72 | 9.86 | 10.00 | 10.01 | 10.12 | 10.29 | 11.52 | |
| Southwest | 5.97 | 6.29 | 6.26 | 6.50 | 6.55 | 6.35 | 6.22 | 6.17 | 6.31 | 6.33 | 6.21 | 6.49 | 6.55 | 6.82 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 7.43 | 5.72 | 5.51 | 4.96 | 4.73 | 4.86 | 5.23 | 5.44 | 6.02 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 8.35 | 7.08 | 6.53 | 6.80 | 7.14 | 6.52 | 6.46 | 6.61 | 6.67 | 6.50 | 6.27 | 6.28 | |
| Frontier | 8.99 | 9.05 | 8.72 | 7.35 | 7.01 | 7.71 | 7.94 | 7.89 | 7.07 | 7.74 | 7.75 | 7.83 | 7.43 | 7.35 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.14 | 7.78 | 4.18 | 4.24 | 4.95 | |
| -- sub LCC | 6.01 | 6.16 | 6.41 | 6.58 | 6.57 | 6.47 | 6.36 | 6.23 | 6.16 | 6.22 | 6.15 | 6.30 | 6.32 | 6.59 | |
| Alaska | 6.85 | 7.03 | 7.44 | 7.43 | 7.72 | 8.60 | 8.87 | 8.72 | 8.44 | 8.29 | 8.26 | 8.92 | 8.95 | 9.05 | |
| Hawaiian | 6.33 | 6.16 | 6.11 | 6.28 | 7.29 | 6.80 | 6.59 | 9.22 | 7.74 | 8.07 | 7.75 | 7.93 | 7.51 | 7.42 | |
| Midwest | 9.39 | 10.15 | 10.43 | 10.60 | 10.15 | 10.63 | 10.87 | 9.91 | 9.19 | 8.16 | 7.53 | 7.44 | 8.79 | 21.05 | |
| -- sub Other | 6.95 | 7.11 | 7.41 | 7.49 | 7.90 | 8.35 | 8.47 | 8.96 | 8.35 | 8.23 | 8.05 | 8.50 | 8.59 | 9.95 | |
| Total All Sectors | 8.02 | 8.15 | 8.24 | 8.43 | 8.49 | 8.77 | 9.51 | 9.31 | 9.33 | 9.42 | 9.34 | 9.40 | 9.47 | 10.49 | |
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule T2 & P6 & P52. | |||||||||||||||