Index of charts below with annual comparisons from 2002-2007-

Financial metrics-
Chart 1 – Total operating revenue
Chart 2 – Operating unit revenue (RASM)
Chart 3 – Revenue per aircraft
Chart 4 – Revenue productivity per employee
Chart 5 – Revenue productivity per flight attendant
Chart 6 – Revenue productivity per pilot

Specific airline employee revenue productivity-
Chart 7 – American employee revenue productivity
Chart 8 – United employee revenue productivity
Chart 9 – Continental employee revenue productivity
Chart 10 – Northwest employee revenue productivity
Chart 11 – Delta employee revenue productivity
Chart 12 – Southwest employee revenue productivity
Chart 13 – USAir employee revenue productivity
Chart 14 – JetBlue employee revenue productivity

Financial/operational metrics-
Chart 15 – System yield
Chart 16 – Cash & equiv ratio of revenue
Chart 17 – Long term-debt ratio of revenue
Chart 18 – Long–term debt ratio to assets
Chart 19 – RASM – CASM differential
Chart 20 – Operating margin
Chart 21 -- Median stock price
Chart 22 – Operating unit costs (CASM)
Chart 23 – Unit costs without fuel and labor expense
Chart 24 – Unit costs without labor expense
Chart 25 – Labor expense per ASM
Chart 26 -- Pilot wage/salary cost per unit mile
Chart 27 -- Flight Attendant wage/salary cost per unit mile
Chart 28 – Fuel expense ratio of revenue
Chart 29 – Wage benefit ratio of revenue
Chart 30 -- Pilot wage/salary percentage of total labor expense
Chart 31 -- Flight Attendant wage/salary percentage of total labor expense
Chart 32 – Salary/benefit per employee

Operational metrics-
Chart 33 – Capacity (ASM's)
Chart 34 – International ratio of ASM capacity
Chart 35 -- ASM productivity per aircraft
Chart 36 – ASM productivity per employee
Chart 37 – ASM productivity per flight attendant
Chart 38 – ASM productivity per pilot

Specific airline employee capacity (ASM) productivity-
Chart 39 – American employee ASM productivity
Chart 40 – United employee ASM productivity
Chart 41 – Continental employee ASM productivity
Chart 42 – Northwest employee ASM productivity
Chart 43 – Delta employee ASM productivity
Chart 44 – Southwest employee ASM productivity
Chart 45 -- USAir employee ASM productivity
Chart 46 -- JetBlue employee ASM productivity

Labor metrics-
Chart 47 – Total employees
Chart 48 – Total flight attendants
Chart 49 – Total pilots
Chart 50 – Employees per aircraft
Chart 51 – Flight attendants per aircraft
Chart 52 – Pilots per aircraft
Chart 53 – Flight attendant ratio of total employees
Chart 54 – Pilot ratio of total employees

Passenger metrics-
Chart 55 – Average passenger fare
Chart 56 – Operating expense per passenger less fuel & labor
Chart 57 – Fuel expense per passenger
Chart 58 – Labor expense (total wage & benefit) per passenger
Chart 59 – Management expense per passenger
Chart 60 – Pilot expense per passenger
Chart 61 – Flight Attendant expense per passenger
Chart 21 -- Pilot wage/salary percentage of average passenger fare
Chart 63 -- Management wage/salary percentage of average passenger fare
Chart 64 -- Flight Attendant wage/salary percentage of average passenger fare

Specific airline passenger fare breakdowns-
Chart 65 – American passenger fare expense breakdown
Chart 66 – United passenger fare expense breakdown
Chart 67 – Continental passenger fare expense breakdown
Chart 68 – Northwest passenger fare expense breakdown
Chart 69 – Delta passenger fare expense breakdown
Chart 70 – Southwest passenger fare expense breakdown
Chart 71 – USAir passenger fare expense breakdown
Chart 72 – JetBlue passenger fare expense breakdown

Miscellaneous ratios-
Chart 73 – Revenue miles per passenger
Chart 74 – Passenger per employee productivity
Chart 75 – Passenger per flight attendant productivity
Chart 76 – Load factor

(Notes and terms follow charts)

NOTES –

Some calculations use cumulative data with a year ending divisor which may cause a distortion of the conclusion.

USAIR includes America West.

(SEC) US Security and Exchange Commission. 

(BTS) Bureau of Transportation Statistics.  

Note: There are differences between how airlines categorize data for BTS & SEC reports. 

[1] Total revenue excludes recognized affiliate passenger revenue.  

[3] Does not include benefit expense.  

[4] Recognized LT debt plus Cap leases less current maturities.  

[5] Operating income (loss) excludes known affiliate revenue and expenses.  

[6] Net profit (loss) is from SEC and includes affiliate data.  

[7] Estimated median stock price for the time period noted.  

[8] Active full time equivalent employees from BTS data. May be estimated when data is not available.  

[9] Operating margin excludes recognized affiliate income and expense.  

[10] Avg passenger fare is calculated from passenger revenue/passenger count.  

[11] Operating income (loss) per passenger is from average one way fare and does not include affiliate impact.  

[12] Southwest categorizes management personnel and salaries differently from other airlines. 

[15] Due to UAL's bankruptcy from Dec 2002 to Feb 2006. UAL debt for 2002 is as of 9/30/2002. 

[20] Delta reports consolidated mainline and affiliate data for several categories. As such, airline to airline comparisons may not be valid. 

[21] NWA Operating acft includes some freighters. ASM pilot ratios reconcile 18 pilots per freighter. ASM/acft ratios exclude freighters. FA/acft ratios exclude freighters.

Glossary of Terms- 

ASM— Available Seat Mile. A measure of capacity. ASM’s equal the total number of seats available for transporting passengers during a reporting period multiplied by the total number of miles flown during that period. 

RPM— Revenue Passenger Mile. One revenue-paying passenger transported one mile. RPM's equal the number of revenue passengers during a reporting period multiplied by the number of miles flown by those passengers during that period, RPM’s are also referred to as “traffic”.  

Yield— The amount of passenger revenue earned per RPM during a reporting period.  

RASM— Operating Revenue per ASM. The amount of operating revenue earned per ASM during a reporting period. RASM is also referred to as “unit revenue.” 

PRASM— Passenger Revenue per ASM. The amount of passenger revenue earned per ASM during a reporting period. Passenger RASM is also referred to as “unit revenue.”

CASM— (Operating) Cost per Available Seat Mile. The amount of operating cost incurred per ASM during a reporting period, also referred to as “unit cost”. 

LF-- Passenger Load Factor — A measure of utilized available seating capacity calculated by dividing RPMs by ASM’s for a reporting period.

Average fare-- Represents the average one-way fare paid per flight segment by a revenue passenger. 

O/W -- One way. 

Disclaimer: Data source includes SEC, BTS, labor web sites & Corporate Reports. Except where noted, recognized affiliate revenue and costs were removed to provide mainline comparisons. All data is subject to errors. For more equivalent comparisons, some UAL, NWA & DAL data immediately pre & post bankruptcy was used.