Performance Measures: Frontier Airlines Compared to All Low-Cost Carriers,,,,,,,,
2006,,,,,,,,
,Frontier,Low-Cost** Carrier Average,Frontier's 2006 Rank Among 7 Low-Cost Carriers ,Comment,,,,
Measure 1: System Operating Profit/(Loss) per Originating Passenger in Dollars,-$1.96,$6.56,4,All of the network*** carriers except Delta and Alaska exceeded the profitability per originating passenger of Southwest,,,,
Measure 2: System Operating Expenses (excluding Regional Jet Contract) per Originating Passenger in Dollars,$152,$123,5,Operating costs per enplanement for low-cost carriers increased mainly due to double-digit fuel cost increases and higher wages for a maturing work force. ,,,,
Measure 3: System Operating Expenses (excluding Regional Jet Contract) per Aircraft in Millions of Dollars,$21.974,$19.144,5,Low-cost carrier operating expenses per aircraft increased by 24 percent from 2001 to 2006. ,,,,
Measure 4: Passenger Revenue per Originating Passenger  (excluding Regional Jet Contract Revenue) in dollars,$142,$122,3,Network and low-cost carriers benefited from fare increases that began in mid-2005.  Low-cost carrier revenue per passenger rose 11 percent from 2001 to 2005 and 8 percent from 2005 to 2006. ,,,,
Measure 5: Full-Time Equivalent Employees* per Aircraft,94,75,6,"The industry showed a wide-range of performance, with AirTran's 62 FTEs per aircraft, the fewest of any carrier, about half the 123 FTEs reported by Delta and ATA.",,,,
Measure 6: Average Monthly Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) per Full-Time Equivalent Employee* in millions of ASMs,198,232,7,Both the network carriers and low-cost airlines substantially improved productivity with more ASMs generated per FTE from 2001 to 2006. ,,,,
Measure 7: Average Monthly Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee* in Minutes,219,234,5,The network carriers improved by 40 percent but the low-cost carrier group has a wide advantage over the network airlines in average monthly revenue air minutes per FTE.,,,,
Measure 8: Average Monthly Originating Passengers per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*,128,173,5,"In 2006, the low-cost carriers generated 173 originating passengers per FTE employee compared to 75 passengers per FTE for the network airlines.",,,,
Measure 9: Fuel Cost in Dollars per Originating Passenger ,$48,$37,5,The low-cost group paid $61 less in fuel costs per originating passenger than the network carriers in 2006.,,,,
Measure 10: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation (Salaries + Benefits) per Originating Passenger in dollars,$37,$39,4,"The financially stronger low-cost carrier group’s compensation expenses increased a modest $4 per originating passenger, reflecting wage increases for the group’s increasingly senior work force partially offset by sustained operational efficiencies.",,,,
Measure 11: Average Annual Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation (Salaries + Benefits) in dollars,"$56,148","$80,873",7,"From 2001 to 2006, low-cost carrier annual compensation costs rose 40 percent while network airline costs were up a more modest 8 percent. ",,,,
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,,,
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.,,,,,,,,
"** Low-cost carriers are those that the industry recognizes as operating under a low-cost business model, with fewer infrastructure costs and greater expectations of productivity.",,,,
*** Network carriers operate a significant portion of their flights using at least one hub where connections are made for flights on a spoke system.,,,,
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