| Fuel Expense as Percentage of Total Expense (Excluding Transport Related Expense) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||
| American | 10% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 14% | 20% | 26% | 29% | 30% | 35% | 26% | 28% | ||
| Continental | 13% | 13% | 14% | 10% | 10% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 15% | 18% | 26% | 29% | 29% | 38% | 26% | 27% | ||
| Delta | 12% | 13% | 14% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 18% | 27% | 30% | 32% | 41% | 33% | 32% | ||
| Northwest | 13% | 15% | 15% | 11% | 12% | 17% | 16% | 13% | 15% | 20% | 26% | 32% | 32% | 42% | 27% | |||
| United | 12% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 15% | 20% | 27% | 30% | 30% | 34% | 25% | 30% | ||
| US Airways | 9% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 8% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 12% | 16% | 27% | 29% | 30% | 32% | 23% | 28% | ||
| America West | 12% | 14% | 14% | 10% | 12% | 17% | 14% | 14% | 17% | 24% | 28% | |||||||
| --sub Network | 11% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 10% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 14% | 19% | 27% | 30% | 31% | 37% | 27% | 30% | ||
| Southwest | 14% | 16% | 15% | 11% | 12% | 18% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 22% | 26% | 28% | 33% | 29% | 31% | ||
| jetBlue | 15% | 14% | 14% | 18% | 22% | 30% | 34% | 35% | 41% | 31% | 32% | |||||||
| AirTran | 0% | 14% | 15% | 26% | 23% | 22% | 21% | 21% | 29% | 33% | 34% | 43% | 29% | 33% | ||||
| Frontier | 0% | 0% | 0% | 12% | 11% | 16% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 21% | 29% | 31% | 34% | 42% | 28% | 30% | ||
| Virgin America | 0% | 0% | 27% | 32% | ||||||||||||||
| -- sub LCC | 14% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 13% | 18% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 20% | 24% | 29% | 31% | 36% | 29% | 31% | ||
| Alaska | 13% | 15% | 13% | 10% | 12% | 16% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 19% | 24% | 26% | 27% | 35% | 22% | 27% | ||
| Hawaiian | 15% | 18% | 18% | 14% | 13% | 19% | 17% | 12% | 14% | 18% | 24% | 27% | 29% | 37% | 22% | 26% | ||
| Allegiant | 0% | 0% | 47% | 49% | 52% | 38% | 44% | |||||||||||
| -- sub Other | 14% | 15% | 14% | 11% | 12% | 17% | 14% | 12% | 14% | 18% | 23% | 27% | 29% | 37% | 23% | 29% | ||
| Total All Sectors | 12% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 10% | 15% | 13% | 12% | 14% | 19% | 26% | 30% | 30% | 36% | 27% | 30% | ||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule B6 & P52. | ||||||||||||||||||