| System Passenger Revenue per Equivalent Seat Mile (PRESM) | |||||||||||||||
| STAGE LENGTH ADJUSTED | |||||||||||||||
| Cents per Equivalent Seat Mile | |||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| American | 9.92 | 10.32 | 10.66 | 10.84 | 10.24 | 11.35 | 10.22 | 9.01 | 9.32 | 9.46 | 10.21 | 11.06 | 11.40 | 11.81 | |
| Continental | 7.92 | 8.95 | 9.55 | 9.65 | 9.58 | 10.70 | 9.79 | 9.58 | 9.68 | 9.87 | 10.58 | 11.38 | 12.01 | 12.77 | |
| Delta | 8.33 | 8.51 | 8.71 | 8.83 | 8.72 | 9.27 | 8.09 | 7.84 | 8.29 | 8.12 | 8.39 | 9.66 | 10.64 | 11.48 | |
| Northwest | 8.90 | 9.11 | 8.96 | 8.17 | 8.51 | 9.10 | 8.22 | 8.10 | 8.17 | 8.70 | 9.16 | 10.03 | 10.32 | 10.91 | |
| United | 9.18 | 9.70 | 9.87 | 9.68 | 9.60 | 10.48 | 9.09 | 8.72 | 8.70 | 9.18 | 10.09 | 10.88 | 11.73 | 12.14 | |
| US Airways | 8.75 | 9.68 | 9.94 | 10.01 | 9.41 | 9.38 | 8.24 | 7.80 | 8.32 | 8.12 | 8.09 | 9.31 | 9.63 | 9.99 | |
| America West | 6.72 | 6.91 | 6.98 | 7.26 | 7.52 | 7.78 | 7.05 | 7.06 | 7.57 | 7.32 | 8.10 | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 8.91 | 9.35 | 9.56 | 9.49 | 9.32 | 10.05 | 8.96 | 8.50 | 8.75 | 8.91 | 9.47 | 10.46 | 11.04 | 11.60 | |
| Southwest | 5.18 | 5.51 | 5.65 | 5.80 | 6.01 | 6.53 | 5.93 | 5.66 | 5.82 | 5.92 | 6.29 | 6.98 | 6.98 | 7.45 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 6.99 | 7.41 | 8.16 | 7.95 | 7.31 | 7.74 | 8.13 | 8.34 | 9.49 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 6.53 | 5.83 | 6.28 | 7.73 | 7.39 | 6.45 | 6.77 | 6.50 | 7.11 | 7.38 | 7.70 | 8.17 | |
| Frontier | 5.46 | 6.74 | 6.37 | 7.76 | 8.09 | 10.14 | 8.71 | 8.05 | 7.67 | 7.49 | 8.26 | 8.28 | 8.14 | 9.01 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.88 | 5.67 | 6.22 | 6.45 | 6.88 | |
| -- sub LCC | 5.19 | 5.53 | 5.76 | 5.94 | 6.17 | 6.81 | 6.25 | 6.00 | 6.24 | 6.29 | 6.77 | 7.33 | 7.43 | 8.03 | |
| Alaska | 6.44 | 6.80 | 7.38 | 7.42 | 7.74 | 8.37 | 7.99 | 7.78 | 7.97 | 8.14 | 8.74 | 9.39 | 9.44 | 9.82 | |
| Hawaiian | 3.92 | 4.03 | 4.03 | 4.12 | 6.87 | 4.40 | 4.51 | 5.96 | 6.73 | 7.49 | 7.62 | 7.59 | 7.58 | 8.70 | |
| Midwest | 10.20 | 10.98 | 10.91 | 11.17 | 10.92 | 10.89 | 9.71 | 8.58 | 7.67 | 7.01 | 7.64 | 8.77 | 8.91 | 9.32 | |
| -- sub Other | 6.30 | 6.61 | 6.98 | 7.10 | 7.92 | 7.65 | 7.34 | 7.60 | 7.73 | 7.99 | 8.46 | 9.02 | 9.04 | 9.71 | |
| Base Length of Haul | 838 | 869 | 886 | 908 | 930 | 934 | 954 | 965 | 1,003 | 1,038 | 1,060 | 1,085 | 1,092 | 1,118 | |
| Note: Stage Length Adjustment formula: ((observed length of haul/base length of haul [15 carrier average])^.5) times respective carrier unit cost. | |||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedules P12 & T2. | |||||||||||||||