Performance Measures: US Airways Compared to All Network Carriers,,,,,,,,
2006,,,,,,,,
,US Airways,Network** Carrier Average,US Airways'  2006 Rank Among 7 Network Carriers ,Comment,,,,
Measure 1: System Operating Profit/(Loss) per Originating Passenger in Dollars,$28.68,$12.56,1,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,$259,$321,2,The network carriers’ aggressive downsizing in operations reduced costs that help offset the parallel rise in fuel expense. Delta's costs rose $43 per passenger.,,,,
Measure 3: System Operating Expenses (excluding Regional Jet Contract) per Aircraft in Millions of Dollars,$22.351,$29.409,1,Operating costs per aircraft rose for all the network carriers except United.  Delta's rose the most - $2.7 million per aircraft.,,,,
Measure 4: Passenger Revenue per Originating Passenger  (excluding Regional Jet Contract Revenue) in dollars,$246,$293,6,"Benefiting from the fare increases of the past 15 months, only American and Northwest had less passenger revenue per originating passenger in 2006 than in 2001.  Delta had $55 more revenue per passenger.",,,,
Measure 5: Full-Time Equivalent Employees* per Aircraft,81,103,1,"United, American and Delta reported the most FTEs per aircraft. Continental and Delta had the least improvement from 2001 to 2006. ",,,,
Measure 6: Average Monthly Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) per Full-Time Equivalent Employee* in millions of ASMs,205,218,6,"Delta generated 250 million ASMs per FTE, the most of any network carrier and showed the most improvement, 58 percent, from 2001 to 2006.",,,,
Measure 7: Average Monthly Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee* in Minutes,179,162,2,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*,89,75,2,The network carriers improved performance by 59 percent from 2001 to 2006.,,,,
Measure 9: Fuel Cost in Dollars per Originating Passenger ,$78,$98,2,The network airlines’ fuel cost per originating passenger more than doubled in 2006 to $91 per passenger from $39 in 2001. Delta's increase of $66 per passenger was the most of any airline.,,,,
Measure 10: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation (Salaries + Benefits) per Originating Passenger in dollars,$70,$95,2,The network carrier group reduced labor expense per originating passenger by $41 from 2001 to 2006.  Delta cut costs by $26 per passenger.,,,,
Measure 11: Average Annual Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation (Salaries + Benefits) in dollars,"$74,204","$85,310",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.,,,,,,,,
** Network carriers operate a significant portion of their flights using at least one hub where connections are made for flights on a spoke system. ,,,,
"*** 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.",,,,
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