| System Total Operating Revenue per Equivalent Seat Mile (TRESM) | |||||||||||||||
| STAGE LENGTH ADJUSTED | |||||||||||||||
| Cents per Equivalent Seat Mile | |||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| American | 11.62 | 11.46 | 11.84 | 12.03 | 11.39 | 12.56 | 11.35 | 9.92 | 11.39 | 11.74 | 12.73 | 13.94 | 14.38 | 15.36 | |
| Continental | 8.94 | 10.05 | 10.68 | 11.02 | 11.03 | 12.11 | 10.91 | 10.69 | 10.83 | 13.63 | 14.80 | 15.92 | 16.36 | 17.52 | |
| Delta | 9.18 | 9.46 | 9.69 | 9.80 | 9.84 | 10.05 | 9.00 | 9.07 | 11.46 | 11.36 | 11.92 | 14.36 | 16.03 | 17.49 | |
| Northwest | 10.21 | 10.33 | 10.26 | 9.47 | 9.78 | 10.47 | 9.60 | 9.56 | 9.85 | 11.62 | 12.76 | 13.91 | 14.15 | 16.38 | |
| United | 10.49 | 11.11 | 11.36 | 11.15 | 11.17 | 12.20 | 10.86 | 10.53 | 10.97 | 12.06 | 14.01 | 15.15 | 15.83 | 16.68 | |
| US Airways | 9.76 | 10.97 | 11.88 | 12.19 | 11.62 | 11.40 | 10.34 | 10.33 | 11.43 | 11.37 | 11.56 | 14.11 | 14.63 | 15.61 | |
| America West | 7.27 | 7.44 | 7.52 | 7.76 | 8.04 | 8.26 | 7.42 | 7.43 | 7.99 | 8.29 | 10.97 | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 10.12 | 10.52 | 10.83 | 10.81 | 10.69 | 11.39 | 10.30 | 9.89 | 10.95 | 11.79 | 12.89 | 14.52 | 15.22 | 16.46 | |
| Southwest | 5.39 | 5.74 | 5.92 | 6.10 | 6.33 | 6.84 | 6.23 | 5.97 | 6.16 | 6.32 | 6.73 | 7.42 | 7.51 | 8.03 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 7.20 | 7.65 | 8.43 | 8.22 | 7.58 | 8.12 | 8.64 | 9.00 | 10.52 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 6.80 | 6.25 | 6.76 | 7.97 | 7.58 | 6.63 | 7.01 | 6.74 | 7.41 | 7.72 | 8.11 | 8.70 | |
| Frontier | 5.69 | 7.02 | 6.75 | 8.19 | 8.49 | 10.55 | 9.08 | 8.42 | 8.11 | 8.78 | 9.83 | 9.85 | 9.76 | 10.27 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.55 | 8.29 | 8.02 | 8.47 | 10.04 | |
| -- sub LCC | 5.40 | 5.76 | 6.04 | 6.26 | 6.50 | 7.11 | 6.54 | 6.30 | 6.56 | 6.75 | 7.28 | 7.86 | 8.07 | 8.78 | |
| Alaska | 7.81 | 8.04 | 8.56 | 8.56 | 8.87 | 9.34 | 9.00 | 8.78 | 9.00 | 9.30 | 9.98 | 10.65 | 11.70 | 12.42 | |
| Hawaiian | 4.57 | 4.75 | 4.90 | 4.96 | 8.39 | 5.62 | 5.65 | 6.95 | 7.58 | 8.39 | 8.36 | 8.40 | 8.38 | 9.54 | |
| Midwest | 11.39 | 12.42 | 12.40 | 12.59 | 12.24 | 12.17 | 11.06 | 10.09 | 9.42 | 8.61 | 9.00 | 10.20 | 11.37 | 14.58 | |
| -- sub Other | 7.50 | 7.76 | 8.14 | 8.22 | 9.15 | 8.78 | 8.47 | 8.68 | 8.80 | 9.16 | 9.60 | 10.21 | 10.98 | 12.13 | |
| 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. | |||||||||||||||