System Total Expense per Available Seat Mile (CASM ex Transport Related)
Cents per Available Seat Mile
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
American               9.44               8.96               9.19               9.18               9.18             10.32             11.71             11.06             10.45               9.84             10.64             11.04             11.52             14.09             12.45             12.84             14.44            14.26
Continental               8.28               8.94               8.94               8.93               9.05               9.70               9.70               9.54               9.25               9.84             10.26             10.61             10.88             12.50             10.74             11.48             12.29                   -  
Delta               8.61               9.26               8.88               8.87               8.88               9.18               9.71               9.69             10.45             10.41             10.25             10.61             10.71             12.09             11.59             11.84             13.03            13.80
Northwest               9.01               9.09               8.93               9.59               9.06               9.83             10.39             10.44             10.41             11.22             12.31             11.84             11.67             14.49             11.86                    -                      -                     -  
United               8.59               9.00               9.20               8.97               9.06             10.00             11.27             10.58               9.78               9.70             10.10             10.76             11.17             13.60             10.55             12.03             13.53            14.19
US Airways             11.12             12.21             12.38             12.01             12.55             12.39             12.47             11.61             11.33             10.80             10.41             17.57             15.62             14.63             11.06             11.73             13.11            13.25
America West               7.19               7.73               7.27               7.29               7.52               8.50               9.21               8.06               7.86               7.72               9.16                    -                      -                      -                      -                      -                      -                     -  
 --sub Network           9.00           9.28           9.27           9.26           9.27         10.01         10.81         10.38         10.13         10.08         10.55         10.92         11.20         13.49         11.44         12.05         13.35         13.98
Southwest               6.93               7.44               7.33               7.28               7.44               7.69               7.48               7.37               7.57               7.74               7.91               8.77               9.08             10.20             10.26             11.27             12.51            12.83
jetBlue                    -                      -                      -                      -                      -                 8.70               6.69               6.44               6.05               6.06               6.87               7.81               8.25             10.32               9.35               9.77             11.12            11.42
AirTran                    -                      -                 8.28               8.28               7.70               9.18               9.25               8.34               8.23               8.40               9.34               9.74               9.57             11.02               9.29             10.35             11.96                   -  
Frontier               8.98               9.04               8.71               8.38               7.85               9.14               9.11               9.13               8.37               8.61               9.34               9.84               9.59             11.16               9.05             10.00             12.64            11.79
Virgin America                    -                      -                      -                      -                      -                      -                      -                      -                      -                      -                      -                      -                 7.05             12.51               8.85               9.44             10.76            10.83
 -- sub LCC           6.95           7.24           7.41           7.41           7.49           7.92           7.68           7.48           7.48           7.60           7.99           8.79           9.02         10.46           9.83         10.69         12.08         12.34
Alaska               7.71               8.16               8.52               8.16               8.67             10.17             10.13               9.84               9.69             10.12             10.78             11.92             12.08             12.38             10.86             10.93             11.79            11.90
Hawaiian               7.44               7.48               7.36               7.29               8.31               8.31               7.87             10.40               8.81               9.56             10.17             10.75             10.49             11.67             10.97             11.88             13.42            12.37
Allegiant                    -                      -                      -                      -                      -                      -                      -                      -                      -                 8.14               7.78               7.86               8.31             10.32               8.10               9.08             11.05            10.45
 -- sub Other           7.64           7.99           8.21           7.94           8.57           9.57           9.42           9.92           9.27           9.91         10.48         11.31         11.31         11.97         10.51         10.90         12.13         11.83
Total All Sectors           8.86           9.12           9.13           9.09           9.12           9.82         10.46         10.05           9.76           9.73         10.16         10.57         10.80         12.84         11.07         11.72         13.02         13.50
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P6, P52 & T2.