Continental Airlines Inc 12 Months 
All units in Millions or Millions USD 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Income Statement    
Passenger Revenue 9,308 8,457 7,907 8,179 9,042 10,235 12,003 12,995 13,737
Regional Affiliate Revenue 844 875 970 1,311 1,572 1,831 2,221 2,214 2,355
Total Revenue 9,899 8,969 8,511 9,001 9,899 11,208 13,128 14,232 15,241
Wages Salaries & Benefits 2,875 3,021 2,959 3,056 2,819 2,649 2,875 3,127 2,957
Aircraft Fuel Expense 1,393 1,229 1,084 1,319 1,587 2,443 3,034 3,354 4,905
Depreciation & Amortization 402 467 450 447 415 389 391 413 438
Net Interest Expense 164 266 348 374 360 338 270 223 300
Operating Expense 9,170 8,825 8,841 8,813 10,137 11,247 12,660 13,545 15,555
Operating Income (Loss) 729 144 (330) 188 (238) (39) 468 687 (314)
Pretax Income (Loss) 562 (130) (649) 186 (449) (68) 369 566 (684)
Net Income (Loss) 342 (95) (462) 28 (409) (68) 343 459 (585)
Balance Sheet Asset    
Cash & Short-term Investment 1,395 1,102 1,280 1,430 1,458 1,957 2,484 2,903 2,643
Restricted Cash & Short-term Investments 0 30 62 170 211 241 265 179 190
Total Current Assets 2,459 2,144 2,278 2,586 2,824 3,427 4,129 4,561 4,347
Total Assets 9,201 9,791 10,641 10,620 10,511 10,529 11,308 12,105 13,686
Balance Sheet Liabilities    
Air Traffic Liability 1,125 1,014 882 957 1,157 1,475 1,712 1,967 1,881
Current Liability 2,980 2,946 2,926 2,865 3,125 3,399 3,934 4,449 4,474
Long-term Debt & Capital Lease Obligations, Less Current Maturities 3,374 4,198 5,471 5,558 5,267 5,057 4,859 4,366 5,371
Pension & Post Retirement Benefits 297 296 723 680 1,132 1,078 1,149 534 1,417
Retained Earnings (Accumulated deficit) 1,456 1,361 910 883 474 406 (11) 448 (137)
Total Stockholder Equity (deficit) 1,160 1,161 767 727 155 226 347 1,550 105
Cash Flow Statement    
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activity 906 567 (46) 342 373 457 1,058 1,133 (324)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities (68) (774) (36) 53 53 51 366 760 16
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing activities (663) 174 204 15 (364) 37 292 368 (377)
Payments on Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligation (707) (367) (383) (549) (447) (662) (948) (492) (641)
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt 157 436 596 559 67 436 574 26 642
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash 175 (381) 122 185 62 545 400 5 37
Operating Statistics    
Regional Passengers 8 8 9 11 14 16 18 18 18
Regional ASM 4,735 5,437 6,219 8,425 10,410 11,973 13,251 12,599 12,984
Regional RPM 87 3,388 3,952 5,769 7,417 8,938 10,325 9,856 9,880
Mainline Passengers 48 45 42 41 43 45 49 51 49
Mainline ASM 86,100 84,485 80,122 78,385 84,672 89,647 97,667 103,139 102,527
Mainline RPM 64,161 61,140 59,349 59,165 65,734 71,261 79,192 84,309 82,806
Data Source:  SEC 10K Filings