Continental Airlines Aircraft Operating Statistics- Cost Per Block Hour (Unadjusted)
Continental Airlines
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
	Small Narrowbodies	$1,843	$1,936	$1,971	$2,030	$2,001	$2,482	$2,589	$2,550	$2,748	$2,766	$3,012	$3,088	$3,165	$3,990	$3,282	$3,496	$3,740
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,360	$1,409	$1,419	$1,616	$1,631	$1,805	$1,954	$2,003	$2,064	$1,907	$1,737	$1,652	$1,660	$1,743	$1,957	$1,979	$1,787
	Pilots	$393	$405	$452	$587	$570	$570	$599	$502	$666	$612	$550	$497	$500	$515	$607	$602	$653
	Salaries and Wages	$325	$332	$374	$504	$492	$492	$514	$424	$416	$414	$377	$350	$373	$387	$442	$476	$508
	Pilot Training	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7	$19	$23	$22	$18
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$46	$46	$45	$45	$41	$45	$50	$48	$225	$170	$145	$117	$88	$76	$110	$73	$95
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$22	$26	$32	$39	$37	$32	$35	$30	$25	$28	$28	$30	$32	$33	$31	$31	$32
	Purchased Goods	$517	$581	$601	$457	$406	$712	$678	$600	$743	$917	$1,332	$1,496	$1,565	$2,312	$1,395	$1,587	$2,002
	Fuel/Oil	$483	$527	$551	$414	$370	$677	$635	$547	$684	$859	$1,276	$1,437	$1,505	$2,246	$1,325	$1,517	$1,952
	Insurance	$9	$8	$6	$4	$2	$2	$10	$21	$25	$26	$23	$28	$27	$32	$44	$45	$16
	Other (inc. Tax)	$25	$46	$44	$39	$33	$34	$33	$32	$34	$32	$33	$31	$32	$34	$26	$25	$33
	Maintenance	$466	$489	$487	$517	$533	$648	$676	$676	$628	$629	$578	$569	$586	$587	$602	$614	$511
	Labor	$70	$76	$83	$86	$96	$104	$94	$59	$57	$98	$78	$47	$46	$57	$61	$59	$74
	Materials	$43	$45	$44	$45	$48	$66	$68	$65	$54	$56	$50	$57	$66	$72	$100	$98	$59
	Third Party	$302	$236	$243	$237	$248	$293	$279	$257	$270	$267	$273	$287	$305	$291	$295	$261	$257
	Total Direct	$415	$350	$364	$366	$387	$463	$440	$375	$378	$411	$390	$389	$405	$416	$400	$398	$341
	Burden	$52	$139	$123	$151	$146	$184	$236	$300	$250	$218	$188	$179	$181	$171	$202	$216	$170
	Aircraft Ownership	$461	$450	$426	$461	$501	$543	$624	$757	$693	$593	$546	$521	$506	$565	$668	$682	$458
	Rentals	$372	$372	$372	$401	$412	$438	$515	$593	$557	$478	$441	$415	$394	$442	$524	$585	$427
	Depreciation and Amortization	$88	$77	$54	$60	$89	$104	$109	$165	$136	$115	$105	$105	$111	$123	$144	$98	$31
	Other	$5	$11	$5	$8	-$9	$10	$12	$15	$18	$15	$7	$6	$8	$10	$10	$12	$116
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	267	262	265	274	279	248	222	193	180	163	149	147	147	129	91	67	61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Seats Per Departure	129	126	125	125	128	125	122	121	120	118	119	120	120	120	120	120	120	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Average Stage Length	731	783	822	859	905	903	901	884	910	944	985	967	965	966	965	1,003	1,029	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	906	896	904	899	870	872	819	799	797	768	742	718	713	706	695	697	694	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Load Factor	63.4%	67.3%	71.0%	71.6%	71.8%	71.5%	69.4%	69.2%	71.7%	72.0%	76.1%	79.4%	79.8%	79.3%	78.9%	79.3%	76.6%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.24	9.70	9.90	9.97	10.00	9.80	9.40	8.38	8.02	8.34	9.08	9.57	10.07	9.39	9.10	9.20	9.95	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Airborne Hours	7.64	8.05	8.25	8.24	8.27	8.10	7.78	6.93	6.64	6.82	7.46	7.80	8.20	7.69	7.51	7.71	8.36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Departures	4.46	4.39	4.31	4.16	4.00	3.90	3.74	3.40	3.17	3.15	3.30	3.47	3.65	3.41	3.35	3.37	3.55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Large Narrowbodies	$2,215	$2,269	$2,331	$2,364	$3,311	$2,790	$2,498	$2,427	$2,915	$3,093	$3,534	$3,667	$3,791	$4,813	$3,831	$4,025	$4,642
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,622	$1,594	$1,606	$1,815	$2,550	$1,798	$1,737	$1,758	$2,079	$2,008	$1,910	$1,806	$1,843	$1,885	$2,073	$2,008	$2,008
	Pilots	$396	$438	$518	$572	$871	$723	$648	$549	$726	$664	$593	$537	$540	$560	$638	$619	$666
	Salaries and Wages	$328	$361	$433	$493	$754	$625	$554	$463	$454	$450	$407	$379	$403	$420	$465	$491	$520
	Pilot Training	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7	$20	$24	$23	$18
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$46	$49	$52	$44	$62	$57	$55	$53	$245	$185	$156	$126	$95	$85	$115	$74	$94
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$21	$27	$33	$36	$55	$41	$38	$33	$27	$30	$30	$32	$35	$35	$33	$32	$33
	Purchased Goods	$646	$750	$795	$610	$830	$1,046	$817	$730	$887	$1,132	$1,671	$1,907	$1,994	$2,975	$1,795	$2,058	$2,692
	Fuel/Oil	$593	$674	$726	$549	$760	$992	$761	$668	$836	$1,085	$1,624	$1,861	$1,948	$2,928	$1,758	$2,017	$2,633
	Insurance	$20	$16	$11	$8	$6	$4	$16	$23	$10	$7	$5	$5	$4	$3	$4	$8	$15
	Other (inc. Tax)	$32	$59	$58	$52	$64	$50	$40	$39	$42	$40	$41	$41	$42	$44	$34	$33	$44
	Maintenance	$72	$163	$130	$228	$506	$251	$317	$421	$565	$593	$583	$558	$616	$635	$731	$682	$704
	Labor	$24	$39	$39	$41	$76	$64	$56	$55	$90	$110	$94	$75	$73	$92	$98	$103	$105
	Materials	$12	$38	$19	$38	$54	$22	$26	$35	$45	$49	$50	$45	$56	$58	$82	$54	$40
	Third Party	$20	$45	$42	$90	$251	$98	$129	$148	$207	$231	$254	$265	$299	$299	$309	$295	$332
	Total Direct	$57	$120	$94	$154	$366	$179	$207	$232	$340	$387	$393	$382	$426	$448	$489	$439	$475
	Burden	$15	$43	$36	$73	$139	$72	$110	$188	$225	$206	$190	$176	$190	$187	$242	$243	$229
	Aircraft Ownership	$1,111	$916	$886	$950	$1,099	$766	$712	$729	$732	$699	$683	$663	$636	$636	$658	$658	$385
	Rentals	$1,075	$892	$853	$856	$941	$634	$585	$580	$578	$542	$536	$519	$487	$465	$457	$422	$322
	Depreciation and Amortization	$36	$24	$33	$95	$158	$132	$127	$149	$154	$158	$147	$143	$149	$170	$202	$236	$63
	Other	-$10	$2	$2	$4	$5	$4	$4	-$2	$5	$4	$4	$3	$6	$7	$8	$8	$195
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	14	16	20	27	34	72	97	120	119	138	147	161	165	184	202	212	234	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Seats Per Departure	182	182	181	180	179	169	166	165	165	167	166	167	168	168	170	171	170	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Average Stage Length	2,033	2,140	2,274	2,147	1,860	1,500	1,432	1,375	1,373	1,342	1,395	1,507	1,550	1,534	1,502	1,504	1,486	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,083	1,117	1,143	1,149	1,165	921	973	926	920	947	951	924	925	915	914	922	907	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	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	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Airborne Hours	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Departures	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Widebodies	$4,437	$5,063	$5,325	$5,137	$4,992	$5,910	$4,881	$3,760	$4,360	$4,671	$5,667	$6,472	$6,632	$9,017	$6,956	$7,473	$8,863
	(Ex Fuel)	$3,038	$3,346	$3,585	$3,833	$3,722	$3,738	$3,226	$2,418	$2,783	$2,498	$2,452	$2,644	$2,597	$2,794	$3,205	$3,186	$3,138
	Pilots	$483	$548	$623	$737	$878	$938	$902	$728	$901	$872	$765	$681	$681	$749	$846	$826	$839
	Salaries and Wages	$401	$462	$539	$645	$762	$813	$774	$615	$563	$590	$525	$480	$508	$562	$618	$655	$697
	Pilot Training	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$9	$28	$32	$31	$25
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$58	$62	$63	$57	$61	$71	$75	$69	$304	$242	$202	$160	$120	$113	$153	$98	$73
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$24	$24	$21	$35	$56	$53	$52	$43	$34	$39	$39	$41	$44	$47	$44	$42	$44
	Purchased Goods	$1,493	$1,886	$1,889	$1,434	$1,390	$2,293	$1,764	$1,460	$1,674	$2,265	$3,307	$3,922	$4,130	$6,323	$3,830	$4,366	$5,828
	Fuel/Oil	$1,399	$1,717	$1,740	$1,304	$1,270	$2,171	$1,655	$1,342	$1,577	$2,173	$3,215	$3,828	$4,036	$6,223	$3,751	$4,287	$5,725
	Insurance	$25	$18	$11	$5	$5	$8	$23	$40	$19	$12	$10	$10	$9	$7	$7	$9	$7
	Other (inc. Tax)	$68	$151	$138	$125	$116	$113	$86	$78	$79	$80	$82	$84	$86	$94	$72	$70	$96
	Maintenance	$1,582	$1,704	$1,989	$1,954	$1,417	$1,297	$848	$641	$865	$709	$806	$1,074	$1,025	$1,114	$1,351	$1,316	$1,334
	Labor	$131	$217	$307	$244	$89	$89	$88	$88	$149	$64	$88	$138	$133	$165	$178	$186	$188
	Materials	$189	$261	$247	$185	$176	$161	$97	$61	$62	$44	$57	$108	$105	$96	$114	$93	$80
	Third Party	$1,107	$924	$1,186	$1,059	$782	$686	$395	$223	$313	$362	$402	$498	$480	$527	$622	$570	$634
	Total Direct	$1,427	$1,217	$1,451	$1,344	$1,029	$931	$558	$356	$520	$463	$544	$735	$707	$785	$911	$848	$899
	Burden	$156	$539	$565	$610	$388	$367	$290	$285	$345	$246	$263	$339	$318	$329	$440	$468	$436
	Aircraft Ownership	$809	$939	$866	$1,093	$1,291	$1,340	$1,425	$976	$911	$817	$827	$834	$833	$832	$920	$952	$522
	Rentals	$643	$728	$539	$655	$760	$802	$778	$544	$501	$445	$463	$464	$447	$427	$445	$423	$416
	Depreciation and Amortization	$166	$211	$327	$437	$531	$539	$646	$433	$410	$373	$364	$370	$386	$405	$475	$529	$107
	Other	$70	-$13	-$42	-$81	$15	$41	-$58	-$45	$9	$8	-$39	-$38	-$37	-$1	$8	$13	$339
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	19	16	28	36	42	39	38	39	40	42	41	42	42	45	44	46	49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Seats Per Departure	265	253	249	249	258	264	253	243	242	244	245	247	247	248	249	246	249	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Average Stage Length	2,428	3,429	3,379	3,328	3,698	3,966	3,618	3,712	3,537	3,711	3,989	4,266	4,315	4,589	4,649	4,736	4,589	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	2,526	2,744	2,759	2,745	2,602	2,457	2,071	1,886	1,880	1,880	1,870	1,894	1,889	1,900	1,919	1,941	1,887	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Load Factor	74.9%	76.2%	76.1%	74.1%	74.4%	76.0%	72.4%	76.7%	75.9%	80.3%	79.3%	79.5%	80.7%	78.5%	79.7%	84.2%	82.0%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	10.05	10.32	9.27	10.38	11.11	12.04	12.58	12.54	13.32	14.18	14.68	14.22	14.88	14.04	14.15	13.60	13.25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Airborne Hours	9.05	9.46	8.46	9.43	10.14	11.03	11.53	11.60	12.29	13.09	13.56	13.18	13.77	13.49	13.37	12.95	12.54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Departures	1.87	1.43	1.30	1.48	1.44	1.46	1.65	1.62	1.79	1.83	1.77	1.60	1.65	1.49	1.49	1.41	1.42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total Fleet	$2,042	$2,138	$2,281	$2,404	$2,526	$2,983	$2,857	$2,681	$3,078	$3,238	$3,695	$3,888	$3,998	$5,235	$4,250	$4,557	$5,231
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,490	$1,533	$1,616	$1,879	$1,999	$2,046	$2,053	$1,972	$2,188	$2,053	$1,935	$1,879	$1,892	$1,987	$2,244	$2,217	$2,169
	Pilots	$400	$415	$472	$602	$642	$651	$653	$552	$728	$680	$606	$544	$547	$577	$667	$654	$694
	Salaries and Wages	$330	$342	$393	$518	$555	$563	$560	$467	$455	$460	$415	$384	$408	$433	$487	$518	$549
	Pilot Training	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7	$21	$25	$24	$19
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$47	$48	$47	$46	$46	$51	$55	$53	$246	$189	$159	$128	$97	$87	$121	$78	$91
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$22	$26	$31	$38	$41	$37	$38	$33	$27	$31	$31	$32	$35	$36	$34	$34	$35
	Purchased Goods	$592	$667	$725	$579	$578	$987	$860	$774	$952	$1,244	$1,818	$2,067	$2,164	$3,309	$2,059	$2,393	$3,127
	Fuel/Oil	$552	$606	$665	$525	$527	$937	$804	$709	$890	$1,185	$1,760	$2,009	$2,106	$3,248	$2,006	$2,340	$3,062
	Insurance	$11	$9	$7	$4	$3	$3	$14	$24	$18	$15	$13	$14	$13	$13	$14	$15	$14
	Other (inc. Tax)	$29	$53	$53	$50	$47	$47	$42	$41	$44	$44	$45	$44	$45	$49	$39	$38	$51
	Maintenance	$518	$534	$583	$647	$642	$638	$590	$575	$642	$628	$619	$641	$668	$697	$810	$785	$783
	Labor	$71	$81	$98	$99	$93	$93	$82	$62	$85	$97	$87	$74	$73	$93	$104	$110	$114
	Materials	$51	$57	$59	$60	$65	$68	$59	$53	$52	$51	$51	$59	$67	$68	$92	$69	$50
	Third Party	$340	$261	$305	$313	$316	$298	$249	$212	$253	$268	$286	$308	$329	$333	$361	$339	$372
	Total Direct	$462	$383	$433	$453	$467	$457	$386	$319	$386	$410	$417	$439	$461	$492	$542	$506	$527
	Burden	$56	$154	$153	$194	$176	$182	$205	$256	$256	$218	$202	$202	$206	$205	$268	$279	$255
	Aircraft Ownership	$524	$512	$501	$578	$668	$694	$754	$779	$744	$678	$655	$637	$619	$646	$706	$715	$421
	Rentals	$434	$431	$426	$473	$515	$529	$570	$581	$556	$499	$487	$473	$447	$452	$470	$451	$356
	Depreciation and Amortization	$90	$81	$75	$105	$153	$165	$184	$198	$188	$178	$168	$164	$172	$194	$236	$264	$65
	Other	$9	$9	$1	-$2	-$4	$12	$1	$0	$11	$9	-$2	-$2	$0	$7	$8	$10	$207
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	300	294	313	338	355	360	357	352	339	343	336	349	353	358	337	325	344	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Seats Per Departure	144	140	144	148	155	157	157	159	162	166	166	167	167	171	176	179	179	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Average Stage Length	817	882	959	1,034	1,107	1,154	1,178	1,216	1,266	1,320	1,381	1,424	1,443	1,492	1,549	1,613	1,606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	1,027	1,017	1,079	1,126	1,123	1,082	1,027	1,005	1,023	1,039	1,027	998	995	1,009	1,039	1,067	1,043	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Load Factor	65.9%	68.3%	71.5%	72.2%	73.1%	74.4%	72.4%	74.2%	75.7%	77.8%	79.8%	81.5%	82.1%	81.2%	82.4%	83.9%	81.8%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.45	9.93	10.06	10.19	10.33	10.48	10.26	9.59	9.59	9.91	10.58	11.12	11.65	11.04	10.60	10.69	10.72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Airborne Hours	7.91	8.34	8.50	8.58	8.71	8.88	8.74	8.10	8.04	8.45	9.06	9.51	9.96	9.62	9.32	9.51	9.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Departures	4.21	4.13	3.93	3.73	3.58	3.51	3.38	3.10	3.00	2.97	3.05	3.09	3.19	2.97	2.81	2.78	2.78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.