US Airways Aircraft Operating Statistics- Cost Per Block Hour (Unadjusted)
US Airways
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
	Small Narrowbodies	$2,068	$2,310	$2,406	$2,166	$2,352	$2,530	$2,938	$2,924	$2,737	$2,624	$2,755	$6,721	$5,511	$4,399	$3,387	$3,756	$4,396
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,643	$1,796	$1,916	$1,796	$1,940	$1,832	$2,325	$2,397	$2,102	$1,825	$1,537	$3,498	$2,889	$2,081	$2,144	$2,117	$2,109
	Pilots	$642	$717	$772	$712	$763	$718	$852	$1,013	$827	$686	$462	$964	$786	$534	$543	$539	$522
	Salaries and Wages	$424	$448	$448	$447	$428	$387	$488	$519	$477	$369	$293	$641	$504	$353	$360	$359	$346
	Pilot Training	$36	$33	$31	$42	$87	$93	$94	$88	$33	$35	$32	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$155	$209	$264	$191	$210	$202	$234	$371	$290	$255	$109	$277	$236	$151	$155	$154	$149
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$28	$27	$28	$31	$37	$35	$37	$34	$27	$26	$27	$45	$46	$29	$28	$26	$27
	Purchased Goods	$470	$582	$551	$425	$466	$753	$673	$591	$689	$856	$1,275	$3,346	$2,709	$2,380	$1,297	$1,692	$2,347
	Fuel/Oil	$426	$513	$490	$370	$413	$697	$614	$527	$635	$799	$1,218	$3,223	$2,622	$2,318	$1,244	$1,639	$2,287
	Insurance	$15	$15	$10	$7	$3	$3	$11	$22	$13	$12	$12	$7	$5	$2	$3	$4	$3
	Other (inc. Tax)	$30	$53	$51	$48	$50	$53	$48	$42	$40	$45	$45	$116	$83	$60	$50	$50	$56
	Maintenance	$527	$565	$594	$586	$625	$601	$749	$724	$688	$575	$520	$1,211	$1,044	$835	$857	$825	$853
	Labor	$70	$54	$51	$57	$63	$65	$145	$135	$119	$86	$54	$229	$205	$169	$190	$203	$206
	Materials	$90	$96	$144	$127	$134	$110	$120	$88	$80	$60	$47	$162	$88	$79	$92	$79	$97
	Third Party	$147	$167	$151	$152	$153	$150	$208	$202	$199	$207	$257	$644	$616	$530	$530	$489	$502
	Total Direct	$304	$316	$342	$324	$344	$321	$465	$413	$386	$341	$350	$1,032	$876	$749	$764	$726	$752
	Burden	$223	$250	$252	$262	$281	$283	$285	$310	$301	$234	$170	$179	$168	$87	$92	$98	$101
	Aircraft Ownership	$425	$439	$485	$435	$465	$450	$613	$604	$529	$501	$495	$1,203	$977	$649	$691	$685	$612
	Rentals	$292	$323	$306	$295	$326	$316	$455	$505	$459	$441	$440	$1,120	$919	$593	$628	$637	$612
	Depreciation and Amortization	$133	$116	$180	$141	$139	$134	$158	$99	$70	$60	$54	$82	$58	$56	$63	$48	$0
	Other	$4	$7	$4	$8	$33	$9	$51	-$7	$4	$6	$4	-$3	-$5	$0	$0	$15	$63
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	341	346	339	324	336	348	252	226	199	211	209	160	180	269	255	242	236
	Seats Per Departure	120	121	121	122	122	124	126	130	130	127	123	130	135	135	134	136	136
	Average Stage Length	514	519	521	519	535	554	556	539	593	625	625	638	687	799	787	779	780
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	745	785	775	761	783	783	766	769	767	762	721	755	765	761	750	758	760
	Load Factor	64.0%	68.1%	70.8%	72.1%	68.5%	68.3%	67.2%	66.3%	69.3%	70.9%	71.2%	76.3%	78.9%	81.4%	81.6%	82.2%	83.6%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.47	8.76	9.04	9.16	9.11	9.67	11.93	9.12	8.84	8.87	9.07	8.57	9.39	9.59	9.13	9.01	9.26
	Airborne Hours	7.96	7.18	7.40	7.44	7.33	7.71	9.47	7.18	8.37	8.92	9.12	8.34	9.45	9.24	7.50	7.38	7.57
	Departures	5.98	5.40	5.52	5.57	5.36	5.46	6.71	5.28	4.77	4.69	4.76	4.39	4.48	4.17	4.01	4.00	4.08
	Large Narrowbodies	$2,424	$2,554	$2,745	$2,725	$3,069	$3,333	$3,122	$2,905	$3,080	$3,305	$3,325	$4,646	$4,937	$5,570	$3,744	$4,086	$4,885
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,837	$1,869	$2,063	$2,215	$2,470	$2,360	$2,305	$2,212	$2,229	$2,173	$1,527	$2,237	$2,347	$2,268	$2,042	$1,962	$1,895
	Pilots	$802	$936	$934	$930	$1,141	$1,043	$945	$987	$787	$704	$443	$612	$623	$611	$521	$485	$462
	Salaries and Wages	$527	$551	$527	$577	$674	$567	$587	$523	$461	$391	$286	$395	$384	$385	$325	$293	$277
	Pilot Training	$84	$67	$61	$73	$114	$86	$54	$56	$36	$22	$29	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$161	$286	$313	$246	$307	$345	$271	$378	$263	$267	$103	$182	$184	$165	$139	$125	$119
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$30	$32	$32	$34	$46	$45	$33	$30	$27	$25	$25	$35	$55	$60	$57	$67	$66
	Purchased Goods	$665	$788	$774	$591	$678	$1,055	$900	$768	$920	$1,207	$1,875	$2,486	$2,677	$3,390	$1,774	$2,205	$3,079
	Fuel/Oil	$587	$685	$681	$510	$600	$974	$817	$693	$851	$1,131	$1,797	$2,410	$2,590	$3,302	$1,702	$2,124	$2,990
	Insurance	$36	$33	$23	$14	$8	$6	$19	$20	$15	$15	$14	$6	$3	$2	$3	$5	$4
	Other (inc. Tax)	$41	$70	$70	$67	$71	$75	$64	$55	$54	$60	$63	$71	$84	$85	$69	$76	$84
	Maintenance	$278	$168	$376	$523	$579	$603	$623	$578	$803	$799	$471	$866	$1,007	$995	$861	$832	$796
	Labor	$29	$7	$14	$24	$27	$28	$103	$102	$93	$113	$20	$145	$143	$169	$190	$203	$206
	Materials	$40	$38	$59	$73	$82	$86	$80	$58	$69	$61	$35	$145	$139	$137	$100	$91	$73
	Third Party	$149	$100	$229	$317	$347	$366	$237	$190	$408	$323	$373	$455	$593	$610	$495	$440	$415
	Total Direct	$191	$134	$302	$414	$456	$480	$420	$346	$567	$493	$423	$728	$863	$909	$769	$734	$695
	Burden	$87	$34	$73	$109	$123	$123	$203	$233	$236	$305	$53	$138	$144	$87	$92	$98	$101
	Aircraft Ownership	$672	$652	$651	$671	$634	$614	$628	$570	$560	$582	$530	$685	$630	$575	$587	$498	$291
	Rentals	$337	$308	$309	$313	$296	$271	$307	$272	$396	$446	$420	$565	$478	$430	$378	$303	$291
	Depreciation and Amortization	$335	$344	$342	$358	$337	$343	$321	$298	$164	$136	$110	$121	$151	$145	$209	$195	$0
	Other	$7	$10	$10	$10	$37	$18	$26	$1	$9	$12	$6	-$3	$0	$0	$0	$67	$257
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	29	34	34	34	34	34	40	60	58	59	59	61	63	71	76	75	76
	Seats Per Departure	182	182	182	182	182	182	178	176	175	180	180	180	184	186	184	182	182
	Average Stage Length	1,091	1,069	1,220	1,301	1,254	1,239	1,196	1,051	1,114	1,135	1,087	1,214	1,245	1,417	1,499	1,412	1,420
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	995	1,044	1,069	1,078	1,136	1,116	1,037	1,013	1,027	1,037	1,010	1,038	1,059	1,064	1,016	983	986
	Load Factor	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	11
	Airborne Hours	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	9	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	9
	Departures	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
	Widebodies	$2,754	$3,410	$3,633	$3,341	$3,604	$4,272	$4,716	$4,076	$4,514	$4,579	$5,038	$4,850	$6,077	$8,056	$5,770	$6,881	$8,445
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,968	$2,441	$2,699	$2,625	$2,720	$2,824	$3,258	$2,907	$3,099	$2,739	$2,184	$2,116	$2,469	$2,671	$2,901	$3,125	$3,193
	Pilots	$1,039	$1,158	$1,232	$1,294	$1,464	$1,598	$1,904	$1,485	$1,477	$1,112	$747	$595	$712	$820	$923	$894	$1,008
	Salaries and Wages	$701	$711	$735	$830	$817	$936	$1,112	$788	$863	$615	$495	$408	$472	$556	$632	$611	$690
	Pilot Training	$62	$48	$15	$67	$146	$270	$233	$69	$50	$27	$36	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$213	$354	$439	$347	$434	$332	$506	$581	$516	$427	$176	$169	$208	$238	$271	$262	$296
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$62	$44	$43	$50	$67	$59	$54	$47	$49	$43	$40	$18	$32	$26	$20	$21	$21
	Purchased Goods	$888	$1,103	$1,053	$822	$995	$1,562	$1,594	$1,290	$1,525	$1,958	$2,977	$2,828	$3,692	$5,393	$2,879	$3,770	$5,263
	Fuel/Oil	$786	$969	$934	$716	$885	$1,448	$1,458	$1,169	$1,415	$1,840	$2,854	$2,735	$3,608	$5,386	$2,869	$3,756	$5,252
	Insurance	$41	$39	$26	$17	$8	$8	$25	$31	$20	$19	$19	$5	$3	$4	$4	$6	$5
	Other (inc. Tax)	$61	$95	$94	$90	$103	$105	$111	$90	$89	$99	$103	$89	$81	$4	$7	$8	$6
	Maintenance	$110	$312	$505	$538	$549	$476	$562	$699	$971	$1,001	$743	$736	$848	$876	$937	$1,165	$1,193
	Labor	$16	$16	$25	$42	$40	$36	$88	$113	$153	$150	$44	$134	$129	$170	$190	$202	$206
	Materials	$99	$58	$115	$81	$60	$63	$124	$133	$117	$114	$130	$171	$116	$186	$308	$173	$144
	Third Party	$254	$180	$239	$233	$277	$227	$186	$204	$320	$329	$494	$329	$508	$660	$528	$693	$743
	Total Direct	$140	$247	$379	$353	$371	$317	$388	$438	$586	$588	$658	$603	$711	$790	$845	$1,068	$1,092
	Burden	$52	$65	$126	$186	$178	$160	$173	$261	$385	$413	$107	$133	$137	$86	$92	$98	$101
	Aircraft Ownership	$743	$826	$831	$674	$570	$588	$599	$594	$528	$498	$585	$693	$824	$968	$1,031	$1,000	$772
	Rentals	$422	$617	$637	$452	$374	$302	$252	$259	$170	$157	$297	$592	$684	$767	$809	$850	$772
	Depreciation and Amortization	$322	$209	$194	$222	$196	$286	$347	$335	$358	$341	$288	$101	$141	$201	$223	$150	$0
	Other	-$26	$11	$11	$12	$26	$48	$57	$8	$13	$10	-$14	-$2	$0	-$1	$0	$51	$209
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	8	11	12	13	12	15	16	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	21	26	26
	Seats Per Departure	214	211	208	200	200	213	230	232	230	233	233	233	247	250	253	253	252
	Average Stage Length	2,129	2,356	2,795	3,206	3,570	3,477	3,349	2,709	3,033	2,929	2,962	2,931	3,101	3,374	3,314	3,292	3,402
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,318	1,411	1,440	1,598	1,140	5,282	1,800	1,647	1,688	1,699	1,646	1,674	1,682	1,670	1,659	1,707	1,701
	Load Factor	71.6%	73.2%	77.1%	77.5%	78.5%	79.1%	73.1%	78.9%	79.2%	81.5%	80.8%	78.8%	77.4%	78.1%	78.0%	80.1%	80.3%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	12.49	12.07	12.56	12.54	14.63	14.60	16.80	12.79	12.86	13.00	12.90	12.96	12.95	12.51	12.09	12.02	12.20
	Airborne Hours	11.48	11.14	11.59	11.59	13.56	13.52	15.49	11.66	12.70	13.05	12.95	13.29	13.02	12.38	11.27	11.12	11.33
	Departures	2.63	2.32	2.06	1.81	1.91	1.94	2.32	2.15	1.97	2.05	2.00	2.02	1.91	1.72	1.68	1.70	1.66
	Total Fleet	$2,121	$2,378	$2,493	$2,277	$2,488	$2,708	$3,086	$3,018	$2,983	$2,949	$3,085	$5,920	$5,422	$4,885	$3,647	$4,128	$4,903
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,670	$1,829	$1,964	$1,877	$2,033	$1,941	$2,386	$2,399	$2,225	$1,983	$1,592	$2,985	$2,714	$2,159	$2,178	$2,175	$2,160
	Pilots	$668	$757	$808	$761	$836	$799	$938	$1,047	$878	$728	$482	$822	$738	$569	$567	$559	$554
	Salaries and Wages	$442	$469	$468	$478	$472	$436	$545	$543	$510	$396	$310	$545	$471	$373	$373	$367	$363
	Pilot Training	$41	$37	$34	$46	$93	$102	$98	$80	$35	$31	$32	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$157	$222	$277	$204	$231	$224	$257	$391	$305	$273	$114	$238	$221	$160	$160	$157	$156
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$29	$29	$29	$33	$40	$38	$38	$34	$29	$28	$27	$39	$47	$35	$34	$35	$36
	Purchased Goods	$500	$623	$595	$460	$514	$828	$767	$690	$822	$1,032	$1,561	$3,042	$2,796	$2,790	$1,523	$2,009	$2,804
	Fuel/Oil	$451	$549	$528	$400	$455	$767	$700	$619	$759	$966	$1,493	$2,935	$2,708	$2,726	$1,469	$1,953	$2,742
	Insurance	$18	$18	$12	$8	$4	$4	$13	$22	$15	$13	$13	$7	$4	$3	$3	$4	$4
	Other (inc. Tax)	$32	$56	$55	$52	$55	$58	$54	$49	$48	$53	$54	$100	$83	$62	$51	$52	$58
	Maintenance	$492	$514	$567	$577	$617	$594	$719	$689	$741	$662	$528	$1,060	$1,016	$871	$864	$858	$872
	Labor	$65	$48	$46	$53	$58	$59	$135	$126	$116	$98	$46	$195	$182	$169	$190	$203	$206
	Materials	$86	$88	$134	$119	$125	$105	$115	$85	$81	$65	$51	$158	$103	$98	$110	$91	$96
	Third Party	$150	$161	$163	$173	$179	$176	$210	$200	$259	$243	$304	$555	$600	$555	$522	$496	$504
	Total Direct	$289	$295	$339	$335	$357	$337	$453	$400	$447	$397	$394	$898	$857	$784	$771	$760	$770
	Burden	$206	$220	$228	$243	$260	$260	$266	$289	$294	$265	$138	$162	$159	$87	$92	$98	$101
	Aircraft Ownership	$457	$476	$517	$471	$488	$474	$614	$596	$536	$519	$511	$998	$876	$655	$693	$670	$549
	Rentals	$300	$333	$320	$304	$325	$311	$420	$432	$417	$417	$423	$903	$787	$572	$586	$578	$549
	Depreciation and Amortization	$157	$143	$197	$167	$163	$164	$193	$163	$119	$102	$87	$95	$89	$84	$108	$93	$0
	Other	$3	$7	$5	$8	$33	$12	$48	-$4	$6	$7	$3	-$3	-$3	$0	$0	$31	$124
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	379	391	385	370	382	397	307	305	276	289	287	239	262	359	352	343	339
	Seats Per Departure	131	133	134	134	135	138	144	153	154	153	150	160	162	157	158	162	162
	Average Stage Length	563	580	592	597	616	639	667	685	762	782	777	859	880	955	972	981	990
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	785	837	834	832	837	1,062	874	898	914	907	868	936	926	884	879	900	905
	Load Factor	64.9%	68.5%	71.4%	72.8%	70.2%	70.4%	68.9%	71.0%	73.3%	75.0%	75.1%	78.2%	80.0%	81.7%	81.9%	82.4%	83.7%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.71	9.03	9.31	9.42	9.46	10.07	12.32	9.71	9.47	9.41	9.64	9.48	9.83	9.86	9.47	9.52	9.78
	Airborne Hours	8.20	7.48	7.72	7.77	7.74	8.18	10.01	7.90	9.05	9.45	9.69	9.42	9.89	9.54	7.99	8.03	8.24
	Departures	5.77	5.18	5.24	5.25	5.09	5.20	6.18	4.83	4.35	4.28	4.38	3.98	3.99	3.79	3.59	3.60	3.65
	Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.