United Airlines Aircraft Operating Statistics- Cost Per Block Hour (Unadjusted)
United Airlines
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
	Small Narrowbodies	$2,087	$2,244	$2,334	$2,311	$2,340	$2,646	$2,938	$2,786	$2,399	$2,428	$2,791	$3,187	$3,375	$4,409	$3,087
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,585	$1,646	$1,757	$1,822	$1,881	$1,977	$2,210	$2,206	$1,701	$1,520	$1,484	$1,635	$1,770	$1,774	$1,803
	Pilots	$523	$549	$576	$595	$597	$670	$850	$905	$634	$528	$463	$462	$468	$516	$581
	Salaries and Wages	$388	$410	$444	$439	$437	$484	$553	$568	$371	$327	$292	$293	$296	$325	$354
	Pilot Training	$25	$20	$21	$19	$21	$20	$25	$23	$11	$9	$11	$9	$10	$9	$13
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$70	$76	$67	$91	$89	$115	$211	$259	$213	$158	$124	$121	$118	$135	$167
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$40	$43	$45	$46	$50	$51	$61	$54	$39	$35	$36	$40	$44	$47	$46
	Purchased Goods	$563	$693	$665	$572	$544	$769	$796	$652	$770	$981	$1,384	$1,633	$1,681	$2,726	$1,357
	Fuel/Oil	$502	$598	$578	$489	$459	$669	$728	$579	$698	$908	$1,307	$1,552	$1,605	$2,636	$1,284
	Insurance	$7	$5	$4	$2	$2	$2	$6	$17	$9	$6	$5	$4	$4	$2	$3
	Other (inc. Tax)	$54	$90	$84	$80	$83	$97	$62	$56	$62	$66	$72	$77	$72	$88	$70
	Maintenance	$552	$588	$696	$737	$788	$757	$808	$710	$594	$553	$614	$721	$833	$750	$712
	Labor	$125	$123	$126	$129	$134	$133	$127	$158	$96	$74	$67	$68	$68	$74	$110
	Materials	$85	$100	$124	$148	$162	$141	$131	$82	$66	$70	$69	$74	$101	$87	$52
	Third Party	$31	$29	$65	$96	$126	$125	$167	$123	$157	$200	$279	$352	$425	$381	$370
	Total Direct	$241	$252	$315	$370	$420	$393	$417	$362	$317	$339	$413	$494	$594	$538	$532
	Burden	$311	$335	$381	$367	$367	$364	$391	$348	$277	$214	$201	$227	$240	$212	$180
	Aircraft Ownership	$445	$411	$387	$396	$408	$444	$485	$512	$399	$358	$315	$366	$391	$414	$435
	Rentals	$330	$288	$282	$273	$257	$252	$268	$333	$239	$199	$145	$193	$199	$219	$215
	Depreciation and Amortization	$116	$123	$105	$123	$151	$192	$217	$178	$160	$159	$170	$173	$191	$195	$221
	Other	$4	$3	$9	$12	$4	$6	-$2	$7	$2	$8	$16	$4	$3	$4	$1
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	329	332	332	325	336	347	349	303	305	293	249	246	239	232	173
	Seats Per Departure	127	128	128	131	131	128	127	127	127	128	131	132	131	132	135
	Average Stage Length	692	716	721	742	760	767	793	820	883	906	953	941	926	917	925
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	921	932	923	913	900	910	886	811	718	756	765	756	747	741	760
	Load Factor	67.6%	69.6%	69.6%	70.1%	68.3%	69.6%	69.4%	71.2%	75.4%	77.7%	80.8%	81.8%	82.6%	82.2%	81.8%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.28	9.40	9.59	9.78	9.95	9.85	9.22	8.96	9.00	9.81	10.36	10.57	10.65	9.96	10.23
	Airborne Hours	7.75	7.88	8.01	8.17	8.24	8.10	7.67	7.51	8.26	8.21	8.75	10.21	10.69	9.97	10.26
	Departures	4.83	4.76	4.81	4.77	4.71	4.57	4.21	4.01	3.78	3.97	4.04	4.17	4.21	3.97	4.11
	Large Narrowbodies	$2,654	$2,886	$3,022	$2,755	$2,684	$2,939	$3,723	$3,763	$3,493	$3,640	$3,800	$3,966	$4,334	$5,976	$4,344
	(Ex Fuel)	$2,083	$2,209	$2,363	$2,193	$2,150	$2,178	$2,846	$2,986	$2,563	$2,384	$2,006	$1,875	$2,197	$2,453	$2,597
	Pilots	$651	$678	$744	$720	$733	$800	$948	$1,031	$734	$653	$541	$543	$566	$600	$650
	Salaries and Wages	$495	$517	$583	$539	$546	$585	$629	$654	$440	$393	$350	$353	$368	$382	$401
	Pilot Training	$28	$22	$26	$20	$23	$23	$25	$26	$20	$14	$9	$7	$11	$10	$12
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$92	$97	$91	$114	$114	$141	$236	$299	$235	$209	$146	$143	$143	$161	$189
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$35	$41	$45	$46	$50	$51	$58	$52	$39	$37	$36	$40	$44	$47	$47
	Purchased Goods	$644	$784	$756	$650	$631	$864	$961	$873	$1,021	$1,354	$1,897	$2,200	$2,236	$3,644	$1,844
	Fuel/Oil	$571	$677	$659	$562	$534	$761	$877	$777	$930	$1,256	$1,794	$2,091	$2,137	$3,523	$1,747
	Insurance	$13	$11	$7	$4	$4	$5	$9	$20	$11	$6	$4	$4	$3	$2	$2
	Other (inc. Tax)	$59	$96	$90	$84	$93	$99	$75	$76	$81	$91	$99	$105	$97	$120	$95
	Maintenance	$532	$652	$775	$711	$739	$734	$1,032	$1,117	$1,148	$1,155	$939	$834	$1,108	$1,262	$1,334
	Labor	$81	$121	$129	$126	$121	$121	$174	$216	$155	$101	$76	$84	$86	$97	$224
	Materials	$122	$128	$175	$126	$167	$156	$204	$210	$287	$224	$126	$123	$198	$239	$270
	Third Party	$52	$45	$60	$68	$70	$75	$97	$112	$122	$394	$475	$313	$460	$528	$384
	Total Direct	$249	$294	$364	$320	$359	$352	$470	$539	$560	$719	$644	$520	$744	$864	$878
	Burden	$284	$358	$411	$391	$380	$382	$562	$578	$588	$436	$294	$314	$364	$398	$456
	Aircraft Ownership	$821	$769	$737	$661	$575	$581	$769	$734	$590	$465	$403	$385	$418	$467	$516
	Rentals	$564	$523	$506	$402	$374	$397	$490	$479	$309	$234	$168	$239	$242	$273	$263
	Depreciation and Amortization	$257	$246	$231	$259	$200	$184	$279	$255	$281	$230	$234	$146	$176	$193	$253
	Other	$7	$4	$10	$13	$6	-$41	$12	$8	$0	$14	$21	$3	$5	$3	$1
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	88	90	92	96	98	98	98	97	96	97	97	97	97	97	97
	Seats Per Departure	188	188	188	188	186	182	182	182	182	182	172	171	171	170	171
	Average Stage Length	1,406	1,410	1,401	1,311	1,281	1,365	1,383	1,348	1,363	1,406	1,401	1,449	1,445	1,446	1,371
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,050	1,053	1,053	1,050	1,050	1,073	1,106	1,105	1,013	1,065	1,044	1,022	1,004	1,007	1,015
	Load Factor	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	10	10
	Airborne Hours	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	9	11	11	10	10
	Departures	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
	Widebodies	$5,040	$5,424	$5,376	$4,948	$4,804	$5,631	$5,882	$5,885	$5,530	$5,890	$7,200	$7,747	$7,986	$10,946	$7,054
	(Ex Fuel)	$3,584	$3,713	$3,768	$3,663	$3,572	$3,886	$4,051	$4,313	$3,729	$3,369	$3,412	$3,279	$3,260	$3,376	$3,424
	Pilots	$977	$1,102	$1,231	$1,274	$1,247	$1,343	$1,602	$1,742	$1,291	$1,084	$902	$880	$900	$1,003	$1,055
	Salaries and Wages	$759	$858	$990	$980	$949	$994	$1,082	$1,131	$739	$653	$584	$581	$595	$647	$656
	Pilot Training	$36	$31	$35	$32	$38	$38	$49	$48	$32	$21	$16	$12	$14	$15	$21
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$132	$159	$149	$204	$196	$244	$408	$503	$462	$347	$243	$227	$223	$268	$305
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$50	$53	$57	$58	$63	$66	$64	$60	$58	$62	$59	$60	$68	$74	$73
	Purchased Goods	$1,513	$1,788	$1,683	$1,356	$1,309	$1,815	$1,935	$1,701	$1,927	$2,660	$3,953	$4,634	$4,884	$7,761	$3,762
	Fuel/Oil	$1,456	$1,711	$1,608	$1,285	$1,232	$1,745	$1,831	$1,573	$1,801	$2,521	$3,788	$4,468	$4,726	$7,570	$3,631
	Insurance	$18	$15	$12	$9	$8	$9	$19	$43	$26	$17	$21	$17	$12	$6	$8
	Other (inc. Tax)	$40	$63	$63	$63	$70	$61	$84	$86	$100	$122	$144	$149	$145	$186	$123
	Maintenance	$1,196	$1,176	$1,225	$1,159	$1,116	$1,225	$1,206	$1,203	$1,112	$1,038	$1,281	$1,410	$1,386	$1,371	$1,395
	Labor	$251	$222	$197	$206	$204	$217	$241	$211	$165	$134	$113	$97	$111	$113	$219
	Materials	$279	$246	$228	$194	$236	$197	$246	$168	$196	$175	$235	$186	$188	$212	$161
	Third Party	$109	$165	$250	$240	$226	$222	$265	$237	$266	$346	$443	$629	$590	$552	$577
	Total Direct	$639	$632	$674	$618	$572	$635	$602	$617	$562	$585	$775	$912	$888	$877	$958
	Burden	$557	$543	$550	$541	$545	$590	$604	$587	$552	$453	$505	$497	$498	$494	$437
	Aircraft Ownership	$1,340	$1,344	$1,215	$1,140	$1,121	$1,235	$1,232	$1,225	$1,266	$1,165	$1,029	$815	$793	$787	$837
	Rentals	$790	$759	$696	$644	$622	$669	$579	$593	$564	$526	$401	$264	$247	$222	$230
	Depreciation and Amortization	$549	$585	$519	$496	$500	$566	$653	$633	$702	$640	$628	$551	$546	$565	$606
	Other	$14	$14	$21	$19	$10	$13	-$92	$13	-$66	-$57	$36	$8	$24	$24	$7
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	135	139	145	153	153	156	150	156	150	128	117	117	117	116	113
	Seats Per Departure	296	298	294	284	280	280	276	266	261	265	273	273	273	271	270
	Average Stage Length	2,762	2,746	2,800	2,783	2,772	2,890	3,080	2,915	3,016	3,141	3,398	3,348	3,476	3,672	3,553
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	2,525	2,492	2,460	2,385	2,317	2,280	2,180	2,105	1,737	2,160	2,244	2,235	2,266	2,207	2,175
	Load Factor	73.2%	74.1%	74.0%	72.6%	72.8%	74.0%	71.7%	75.8%	77.3%	81.1%	82.0%	82.9%	82.9%	79.8%	80.9%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	11.54	11.38	11.48	11.69	11.94	11.86	11.56	10.53	9.59	11.61	12.07	12.14	12.41	12.45	12.09
	Airborne Hours	10.70	10.53	10.63	10.79	10.96	10.90	10.70	9.66	8.15	10.80	10.91	11.99	12.43	12.46	12.12
	Departures	1.99	1.97	1.96	2.00	2.04	1.94	1.79	1.72	1.52	1.76	1.71	1.75	1.73	1.65	1.65
	Total Fleet	$3,014	$3,238	$3,319	$3,169	$3,119	$3,568	$3,928	$3,920	$3,478	$3,615	$4,238	$4,618	$4,899	$6,722	$4,701
	(Ex Fuel)	$2,231	$2,317	$2,434	$2,432	$2,421	$2,569	$2,853	$2,998	$2,426	$2,193	$2,133	$2,142	$2,287	$2,403	$2,530
	Pilots	$672	$724	$792	$818	$810	$889	$1,086	$1,186	$838	$706	$602	$595	$613	$681	$754
	Salaries and Wages	$510	$553	$623	$616	$606	$650	$720	$758	$487	$430	$386	$386	$397	$435	$465
	Pilot Training	$29	$23	$26	$23	$26	$26	$32	$31	$19	$13	$12	$9	$11	$11	$15
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$91	$103	$95	$128	$124	$157	$273	$342	$288	$220	$162	$155	$153	$181	$218
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$42	$46	$48	$50	$54	$56	$61	$55	$45	$43	$43	$46	$51	$55	$55
	Purchased Goods	$844	$1,013	$970	$817	$782	$1,091	$1,156	$1,016	$1,142	$1,517	$2,211	$2,587	$2,716	$4,446	$2,269
	Fuel/Oil	$782	$921	$885	$737	$697	$999	$1,075	$922	$1,052	$1,421	$2,104	$2,476	$2,611	$4,319	$2,171
	Insurance	$11	$9	$7	$5	$4	$5	$10	$25	$14	$9	$9	$8	$6	$3	$5
	Other (inc. Tax)	$51	$84	$79	$76	$81	$87	$71	$69	$76	$86	$98	$103	$98	$124	$93
	Maintenance	$730	$762	$860	$857	$875	$890	$961	$936	$837	$799	$868	$936	$1,050	$1,047	$1,088
	Labor	$153	$150	$147	$151	$152	$156	$168	$185	$126	$96	$82	$80	$84	$91	$174
	Materials	$146	$146	$162	$158	$184	$160	$177	$132	$141	$128	$127	$116	$146	$157	$141
	Third Party	$56	$70	$117	$133	$146	$145	$184	$156	$182	$276	$365	$420	$479	$464	$442
	Total Direct	$354	$365	$426	$434	$454	$457	$480	$473	$429	$477	$562	$615	$710	$710	$756
	Burden	$376	$397	$434	$423	$421	$433	$482	$464	$409	$321	$306	$321	$340	$337	$332
	Aircraft Ownership	$760	$732	$684	$663	$645	$698	$750	$772	$678	$602	$533	$495	$512	$538	$587
	Rentals	$499	$459	$439	$405	$384	$398	$396	$440	$343	$296	$222	$222	$222	$231	$232
	Depreciation and Amortization	$261	$273	$245	$258	$261	$300	$355	$333	$335	$306	$312	$272	$290	$307	$356
	Other	$7	$7	$13	$14	$6	$0	-$26	$9	-$18	-$9	$22	$5	$9	$10	$3
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	553	561	569	573	587	601	597	556	551	519	462	460	453	445	382
	Seats Per Departure	194	194	195	195	192	190	188	187	181	183	186	186	188	190	195
	Average Stage Length	1,046	1,068	1,088	1,115	1,121	1,145	1,181	1,224	1,255	1,293	1,368	1,364	1,371	1,402	1,446
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,394	1,387	1,382	1,372	1,339	1,338	1,301	1,264	1,059	1,204	1,238	1,223	1,237	1,241	1,289
	Load Factor	70.5%	71.7%	71.8%	71.6%	71.0%	72.3%	70.8%	73.5%	76.4%	79.3%	81.5%	82.1%	82.7%	81.0%	81.9%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	10.04	10.13	10.32	10.55	10.68	10.53	9.95	9.58	9.18	10.31	10.86	11.15	11.17	10.72	10.79
	Airborne Hours	8.73	8.81	8.98	9.17	9.21	9.04	8.62	8.33	8.25	8.70	9.43	10.86	11.20	10.74	10.83
	Departures	3.87	3.83	3.84	3.84	3.83	3.67	3.41	3.20	2.99	3.24	3.26	3.36	3.33	3.14	3.12