| System Passenger Yield per Equivalent Seat Mile | |||||||||||||||
| STAGE LENGTH ADJUSTED | |||||||||||||||
| Cents per Equivalent Passenger Mile | |||||||||||||||
| 1st 9 Mos. | |||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| American | 14.98 | 15.07 | 15.34 | 15.45 | 14.69 | 15.68 | 14.72 | 12.74 | 12.79 | 12.64 | 13.00 | 13.80 | 13.98 | 14.69 | |
| Continental | 12.01 | 13.10 | 13.36 | 13.36 | 13.12 | 14.37 | 13.53 | 12.90 | 12.79 | 12.69 | 13.26 | 13.96 | 14.62 | 15.69 | |
| Delta | 12.73 | 12.11 | 12.14 | 12.14 | 12.04 | 12.66 | 11.71 | 10.84 | 11.16 | 10.73 | 10.83 | 12.24 | 13.14 | 14.15 | |
| Northwest | 12.44 | 12.46 | 12.06 | 11.18 | 11.41 | 11.89 | 11.06 | 10.50 | 10.58 | 10.84 | 11.08 | 11.82 | 12.20 | 13.02 | |
| United | 13.01 | 13.54 | 13.75 | 13.51 | 13.51 | 14.48 | 12.85 | 11.86 | 11.38 | 11.58 | 12.39 | 13.26 | 14.17 | 15.05 | |
| US Airways | 13.48 | 14.13 | 13.93 | 13.75 | 13.41 | 13.32 | 11.96 | 10.98 | 11.36 | 10.83 | 10.76 | 11.82 | 11.92 | 12.29 | |
| America West | 9.80 | 9.75 | 10.16 | 10.77 | 11.00 | 11.03 | 9.81 | 9.58 | 9.92 | 9.46 | 10.19 | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 13.15 | 13.30 | 13.37 | 13.24 | 13.03 | 13.75 | 12.67 | 11.65 | 11.68 | 11.56 | 11.93 | 12.93 | 13.45 | 14.27 | |
| Southwest | 8.03 | 8.27 | 8.86 | 8.96 | 8.72 | 9.27 | 8.72 | 8.60 | 8.72 | 8.52 | 8.90 | 9.55 | 9.62 | 10.29 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 9.63 | 9.62 | 9.85 | 9.44 | 8.83 | 9.13 | 9.97 | 10.42 | 11.65 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 9.91 | 10.11 | 10.18 | 11.00 | 10.66 | 9.57 | 9.55 | 9.19 | 9.68 | 10.16 | 10.14 | 10.27 | |
| Frontier | 11.28 | 11.26 | 11.22 | 13.12 | 13.69 | 15.77 | 15.04 | 13.61 | 11.13 | 10.21 | 10.42 | 10.40 | 10.35 | 10.94 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.08 | 7.04 | 7.68 | 7.72 | 7.69 | |
| -- sub LCC | 8.08 | 8.34 | 9.05 | 9.30 | 9.10 | 9.71 | 9.19 | 8.94 | 8.95 | 8.72 | 9.13 | 9.75 | 9.89 | 10.54 | |
| Alaska | 10.41 | 10.31 | 10.97 | 11.06 | 11.40 | 12.09 | 11.68 | 11.42 | 11.44 | 11.16 | 11.52 | 12.27 | 12.38 | 12.77 | |
| Hawaiian | 5.10 | 5.36 | 5.26 | 5.44 | 8.90 | 5.64 | 5.65 | 7.47 | 8.37 | 8.70 | 8.73 | 8.79 | 8.69 | 10.56 | |
| Midwest | 15.92 | 17.42 | 17.12 | 17.25 | 16.75 | 17.51 | 15.90 | 13.95 | 11.68 | 10.79 | 10.77 | 11.56 | 11.59 | 12.12 | |
| -- sub Other | 9.63 | 9.74 | 10.10 | 10.32 | 11.34 | 10.81 | 10.38 | 10.86 | 10.78 | 10.68 | 10.87 | 11.47 | 11.45 | 12.39 | |
| 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. | |||||||||||||||