BTS | Table 2: System Operating Profit/(Loss) per Originating Passenger - Network Carriers

Table 2: System Operating Profit/(Loss) per Originating Passenger
Network Carriers
Ranked by Third Quarter 2006 Performance

(Dollars of Profit or Loss per Originating Passenger)

3Q 2006 Rank	Network	3Q 2001	3Q 2002	3Q 2003	3Q 2004	3Q 2005	3Q 2006	Change 3Q 2001-3Q 2006
1	Northwest	-16.67	1.28	15.31	8.37	-14.75	35.65	52.32
2	United	-148.47	-49.80	0.64	-10.71	12.75	25.60	174.07
3	Continental	-27.33	-1.87	16.17	0.31	11.46	20.72	48.05
4	US Airways	-14.37	-19.18	-4.32	-18.83	-2.19	19.62	33.99
5	American	-81.12	-71.57	6.31	-5.38	-1.31	12.05	93.17
6	Delta	-21.03	-14.71	-11.24	-27.22	-12.03	11.25	32.28
7	Alaska	5.58	5.46	16.28	13.12	21.61	1.03	-4.55
	7-Carrier Average	-54.78	-30.87	3.14	-8.98	-0.58	18.89	73.67

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and DB1B Origin & Destination Data