Table 11.  Airline Domestic Unit Costs (Cents per Mile),,,,,,,
Low-Cost Carriers,,,,,,,
Ranked by 2nd Quarter Domestic Unit Costs ,,,,,,,
 (Domestic Operating Expenses per Available Seat Mile in cents) ,,,,,,,
2Q 2004 Rank,Low-Cost Carriers,2nd Quarter 2003,3rd Quarter 2003,4th Quarter 2003,1st Quarter 2004,2nd Quarter 2004,2nd Quarter Operating Expenses $(Millions)
1,Frontier,8.28,8.47,8.60,10.24,9.80,199.7
2,AirTran,8.22,8.07,8.10,8.24,8.45,243.9
3,America West,7.94,7.62,7.82,7.63,8.28,606.2
4,Spirit,7.31,7.60,8.04,7.95,8.15,313.1
5,Southwest,7.67,7.50,7.67,7.81,8.08,"1,519.5"
6,ATA,6.42,6.32,6.46,6.81,6.99,313.1
7,JetBlue,6.08,5.92,6.07,6.06,5.93,274.6
,Seven-Carrier Total,7.49,7.33,7.49,7.63,7.87,"3,286.9"
Source: Form 41; Schedule P1.2.  T100; T2 Data.,,,,,,,