Performance Measures: Northwest Airlines Compared to All
Network Carriers
2006
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| Measure 1: System Operating Profit/(Loss) per Originating
Passenger in Dollars |
$25.12 |
$12.56 |
2 |
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 |
$326 |
$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 |
$27.205 |
$29.409 |
3 |
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 |
$292 |
$293 |
3 |
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 |
82 |
103 |
2 |
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 |
235 |
218 |
1 |
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 |
176 |
162 |
4 |
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* |
85 |
75 |
3 |
The network
carriers improved performance by 59 percent from 2001 to 2006. |
| Measure 9:
Fuel Cost in Dollars per Originating Passenger |
$107 |
$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 |
$90 |
$95 |
4 |
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 |
$91,618 |
$85,310 |
1 |
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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