Table 27: Fuel Cost per Originating Passenger ,,,,,,,,
Low-Cost Carriers,,,,,,,,
Ranked by 2006 Performance,,,,,,,,
(Fuel Cost in Dollars per Originating Passenger),,,,,,,,
2006 Rank ,Low-Cost ,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,"Change
2001-2006"
1,ATA,44,31,35,44,78,121,77
2,America West,27,25,30,41,55,69,42
3,Frontier,23,22,22,32,46,48,25
4,JetBlue,15,15,18,23,35,46,31
5,AirTran,24,22,21,24,37,42,18
6,Spirit,23,23,26,32,37,41,18
7,Southwest,13,13,14,16,19,27,14
,7-Carrier Average,18,17,19,23,30,37,19
"Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and DB1B Origin & Destination Data",,,,,,,,