Performance Measures: United Airlines Compared to All Network
Carriers
2006
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| Measure 1: System Operating Profit/(Loss) per Originating
Passenger in Dollars |
$11.47 |
$12.56 |
5 |
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 |
$392 |
$321 |
7 |
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 |
$33.461 |
$29.409 |
6 |
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 |
$355 |
$293 |
1 |
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 |
115 |
103 |
6 |
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 |
225 |
218 |
4 |
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 |
155 |
162 |
6 |
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* |
62 |
75 |
7 |
The network carriers
improved performance by 59 percent from 2001 to 2006. |
| Measure 9: Fuel Cost in Dollars per Originating Passenger |
$123 |
$98 |
7 |
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 |
$115 |
$95 |
7 |
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 |
$84,910 |
$85,310 |
4 |
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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