Table 1. Domestic Passenger Unit Revenue for Major Passenger Airlines (Passenger revenue per available seat mile in cents),,,, ,2000,2001,2002,Percent Change 2001-2002 1st Quarter,11.0,11.1,9.8,-12.4 2nd Quarter,12.1,11.1,10.1,-9.3 3rd Quarter,11.5,9.7,9.5,-2.6 4th Quarter,11.4,9.2,9.8,6.3 "Source: Air Carrier Statistics: T-100 Segment, Air Carrier Financial Statistics: Schedule P-12.",,,, Table 2. Domestic Unit Costs for Major Passenger Airlines (Operating expenses per available seat mile in cents),,,, ,2000,2001,2002,Percent Change 2001-2002 1st Quarter,10.5,11.5,11.3,-1.8 2nd Quarter,10.6,11.5,10.9,-5.1 3rd Quarter,10.7,11.8,11.0,-7.0 4th Quarter,11.3,11.5,11.2,-2.6 "Source: Air Carrier Statistics: T-100 Segment, Air Carrier Financial Statistics: Schedule P-12.",,,, Table 3. Major Passenger Airlines and Other Selected Airlines Ranked by 4th Quarter 2002 Domestic Passenger Unit Revenue (Passenger revenue per available seat mile in cents),,,,, Rank,Carrier,1st Quarter,2nd Quarter,3rd Quarter,4th Quarter 1,American Eagle,19.9,22.1,22.0,20.2 2,US Airways,13.0,14.0,12.4,13.9 3,Northwest,10.5,11.1,10.9,11.4 4,Midwest Express,12.0,11.8,10.5,10.8 5,Delta,9.6,10.0,9.5,10.0 6,Alaska,9.6,9.9,10.4,9.9 7,Continental,9.8,10.2,9.7,9.9 8,United,9.9,10.2,9.3,9.4 9,American,9.4,9.2,8.6,9.1 10,Southwest,7.6,8.6,7.9,8.0 11,Frontier,9.2,8.2,7.7,7.9 12,Jet Blue,8.3,7.7,7.4,7.6 13,America West,7.5,7.8,7.2,7.5 14,ATA,8.1,8.1,7.4,6.9 "Source: Air Carrier Statistics: T-100 Segment, Air Carrier Financial Statistics: Schedule P-12.",,,,, Table 4. Major Passenger Airlines and Other Selected Airlines Ranked by 4th Quarter 2002 Domestic Unit Costs (Operating expenses per available seat mile in cents),,,,, Rank,Carrier,1st Quarter,2nd Quarter,3rd Quarter,4th Quarter 1,American Eagle,21.3,20.8,27.0,18.5 2,US Airways,16.1,15.7,14.4,15.8 3,Northwest,11.2,11.1,11.2,13.3 4,United,12.0,11.8,11.3,12.6 5,Midwest Express,12.1,11.6,11.8,11.6 6,Continental,12.2,12.3,11.1,11.2 7,Alaska,10.5,9.9,10.0,11.1 8,American,11.5,10.9,12.3,11.1 9,Delta,10.7,10.3,10.1,10.6 10,Frontier,8.7,8.5,7.9,8.3 11,America West,9.5,7.8,7.8,8.1 12,ATA,7.5,9.0,8.2,7.8 13,Southwest,7.3,7.5,7.4,7.5 14,Jet Blue,6.8,6.3,6.4,6.3 "Source: Air Carrier Statistics: T-100 Segment, Air Carrier Financial Statistics: Schedule P-12.",,,,, Table 5. Domestic Passenger Revenue Yields for Major Passenger Airlines (Passenger revenue per revenue passenger mile in cents),,,,, ,2000,2001,2002,Percent Change 2001-2002, 1st Quarter,14.6,14.7,12.6,-14.4, 2nd Quarter,14.7,13.8,12.3,-10.7, 3rd Quarter,14.0,12.2,11.5,-5.4, 4th Quarter,14.7,12.1,12.2,0.7, "Source: Air Carrier Statistics: T-100 Segment, Air Carrier Financial Statistics: Schedule P-12.",,,,, Table 6. Major Passenger Airlines and Other Selected Airlines Ranked by 4th Quarter 2002 Domestic Passenger Revenue Yield (Passenger revenue per revenue passenger mile in cents),,,,, Rank,Carrier,1st Quarter,2nd Quarter,3rd Quarter,4th Quarter 1,American Eagle,32.4,31.9,32.5,30.7 2,US Airways,14.7,14.2,13.1,14.8 3,Midwest Express,16.3,16.2,15.4,14.3 4,Northwest,13.0,12.9,12.9,13.8 5,Alaska,12.8,12.8,13.1,13.0 6,Frontier,15.0,12.6,12.7,12.9 7,Continental,12.6,12.1,11.5,12.2 8,Delta,12.4,12.1,11.2,12.0 9,Southwest,11.4,11.7,11.1,12.0 10,American,12.7,12.0,11.2,12.0 11,United,12.3,12.1,10.8,11.0 12,America West,10.1,9.7,9.1,9.7 13,Jet Blue,9.9,8.9,8.5,9.0 14,ATA,9.1,8.6,8.2,8.5 "Source: Air Carrier Statistics: T-100 Segment, Air Carrier Financial Statistics: Schedule P-12.",,,,,