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Table 1: System Operating Profit/(Loss) per Originating Passenger
Passenger Airlines by Group
Ranked by 2006 Performance

(Dollars of Profit or Loss per Originating Passenger)

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2006 Rank   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Change
2001-2006
1 Network -39.39 -40.56 -21.65 -18.11 -12.32 12.56 51.95
2 Low-Cost 2.46 2.28 7.19 0.40 2.10 6.56 4.10
  14-Carrier Average -27.89 -27.61 -11.99 -11.76 -7.25 10.29 38.18
  Group Dollar Difference 41.85 42.84 28.84 18.51 14.42 4.00 -37.85

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