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Eleven Measures of Airline Performance, 2001-2006

This series of Airline Industry Performance Measures is provided to offer insight into the operational performance of the network and low-cost carrier segments of the airline industry. These eleven measures, developed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), examine three different performance categories.

Financial

1. System Operating Profit/(Loss) per Originating Passenger
2. System Operating Expenses (excluding Regional Jet Contract) per Originating Passenger
3. System Operating Expenses (excluding Regional Jet Contract) per Aircraft
4. Passenger Revenue per Originating Passenger (excluding Regional Jet Contract)

Employment and Traffic

5. Full-Time Equivalent Employees per Aircraft
6. Average Monthly Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) per Full-Time Equivalent Employee
7. Average Monthly Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee
8. Average Monthly Originating Passengers per Full-Time Equivalent Employee

Operating Expense

9. Fuel Cost per Originating Passenger
10. Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee Compensation per Originating Passenger
11. Average Annual Full-Time Equivalent Employee Compensation