BTS | Table 8: Passenger Revenue per Enplanement as a Percentage of System Operating Expenses (Excluding Fuel/Labor) per Enplanement - Low-Cost

Table 8: Passenger Revenue per Enplanement as a Percentage of System Operating Expenses (Excluding Fuel/Labor) per Enplanement
Low-Cost
Ranked by First Quarter 2006 Performance

(Passenger Revenue per Enplanement as Percent of Cost per Enplanement)

1Q 2006 Rank	Low-Cost Carriers	1Q 2001	1Q 2002	1Q 2003	1Q 2004	1Q 2005	1Q 2006	Change 1Q 2001-1Q 2006
1	Southwest	169	126	143	147	169	200	31
2	JetBlue	111	114	150	132	135	136	25
3	AirTran	122	97	116	106	103	118	−4
4	ATA	97	81	93	84	80	112	15
5	America West	67	39	83	100	105	110	43
6	Spirit	88	80	119	112	119	108	20
7	Frontier	69	64	48	48	78	84	15
	7-Carrier Average	119	90	115	116	128	145	26

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and T-100 Market Data.