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Figure 7: Cost per Gallon of Fuel and Available Seat Miles on Domestic Flight Segments Operated by Both Legacy and Low Cost Carriers - January 1990 to March 2011

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Figure 7: Cost per Gallon of Fuel and Available Seat Miles on Domestic Flight Segments Operated by Both Legacy and Low Cost Carriers - January 1990 to March 2011

(Data are monthly)

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Year.quarter Available seat miles on shared origin-destination pairs Fuel oil and other fuels index (CPI)
Legacy Low cost
1990.1 666,909,288 831,605,006 113.1
1990.2 545,353,608 709,238,579 95.4
1990.3 634,190,559 752,117,860 91.5
1990.4 622,942,285 730,959,886 89.6
1990.5 696,580,042 793,538,255 88.0
1990.6 720,821,298 672,922,129 84.9
1990.7 659,297,839 692,977,424 82.7
1990.8 687,026,042 703,311,682 91.8
1990.9 627,856,155 652,356,070 104.4
1990.10 684,837,952 750,053,147 118.5
1990.11 652,236,889 777,211,959 117.0
1990.12 761,290,355 762,694,285 114.1
1991.1 728,780,682 814,233,644 111.2
1991.2 641,113,347 730,008,718 105.7
1991.3 740,113,816 754,606,146 99.3
1991.4 738,633,069 725,373,446 94.4
1991.5 779,814,616 698,703,036 90.9
1991.6 761,890,822 671,694,875 89.3
1991.7 709,220,791 755,799,003 87.8
1991.8 715,624,002 745,836,926 87.8
1991.9 686,440,618 672,596,081 88.9
1991.10 738,490,220 750,604,598 90.9
1991.11 700,095,028 800,127,527 94.8
1991.12 751,066,199 846,787,467 94.7
1992.1 854,756,503 798,727,773 92.0
1992.2 720,048,460 759,565,652 91.5
1992.3 835,419,916 907,257,349 90.5
1992.4 769,579,620 846,142,715 89.9
1992.5 810,738,422 747,301,036 89.8
1992.6 901,927,806 816,328,784 90.1
1992.7 947,824,559 845,225,223 90.0
1992.8 941,520,148 826,155,280 89.7
1992.9 952,099,553 766,276,529 89.7
1992.10 942,522,324 771,186,126 91.4
1992.11 864,552,346 724,401,730 92.1
1992.12 874,333,188 813,739,248 91.8
1993.1 926,612,427 921,498,715 92.3
1993.2 833,009,184 656,761,655 92.5
1993.3 1,029,144,511 981,266,316 92.8
1993.4 938,376,231 730,051,918 92.6
1993.5 963,548,322 789,445,943 91.3
1993.6 1,078,337,419 803,427,005 90.4
1993.7 1,028,252,180 772,124,091 89.1
1993.8 1,083,978,118 884,428,032 87.8
1993.9 1,058,271,649 924,792,788 87.9
1993.10 1,076,526,121 938,434,315 89.1
1993.11 1,061,725,297 965,985,689 89.4
1993.12 1,102,283,365 1,088,431,709 88.3
1994.1 1,037,680,507 1,184,369,911 88.9
1994.2 1,040,818,872 1,027,223,232 93.6
1994.3 1,121,218,706 1,199,934,817 92.5
1994.4 1,155,355,128 1,111,936,944 90.2
1994.5 1,119,068,317 1,117,858,506 88.7
1994.6 1,084,414,135 1,061,607,832 87.7
1994.7 1,195,276,809 1,179,710,607 87.1
1994.8 1,286,398,942 1,153,642,000 86.8
1994.9 1,159,745,212 1,160,927,299 86.8
1994.10 1,685,441,060 1,788,460,139 87.0
1994.11 1,681,035,516 1,772,227,934 87.7
1994.12 1,745,272,043 2,146,592,352 88.4
1995.1 1,865,794,759 2,302,941,461 89.4
1995.2 1,671,303,954 1,887,712,021 89.6
1995.3 1,814,337,832 2,187,623,225 89.0
1995.4 1,829,848,067 2,101,027,951 88.4
1995.5 1,820,811,785 2,070,955,404 88.3
1995.6 1,799,473,392 1,894,525,866 87.9
1995.7 1,814,653,040 1,966,018,641 87.1
1995.8 1,833,559,776 2,030,434,438 86.6
1995.9 1,702,593,317 1,985,188,502 86.6
1995.10 1,901,504,015 2,287,017,035 86.9
1995.11 1,883,354,789 2,549,184,177 87.7
1995.12 1,937,319,329 2,850,572,151 89.6
1996.1 1,911,564,284 3,027,086,363 97.6
1996.2 1,761,017,422 2,749,638,725 97.7
1996.3 1,906,020,766 2,894,316,091 99.3
1996.4 1,907,611,006 2,880,400,547 102.1
1996.5 1,929,015,369 3,080,740,305 99.6
1996.6 1,996,356,369 3,192,261,119 94.6
1996.7 2,138,652,490 3,321,052,865 92.3
1996.8 2,018,920,253 3,306,493,202 92.2
1996.9 1,865,724,663 3,149,003,994 95.6
1996.10 2,146,357,031 3,105,058,941 102.9
1996.11 2,051,147,583 2,997,503,785 105.9
1996.12 2,129,378,779 3,338,546,378 110.3
1997.1 2,148,177,609 3,274,603,167 111.5
1997.2 1,909,794,390 2,979,785,654 109.6
1997.3 2,043,466,466 3,209,482,551 105.5
1997.4 2,008,845,972 3,136,949,360 102.1
1997.5 2,073,264,626 3,080,462,996 100.4
1997.6 2,118,166,226 3,047,078,529 98.0
1997.7 2,119,838,221 3,194,219,110 94.7
1997.8 2,133,585,101 3,164,805,166 93.5
1997.9 2,099,062,368 2,990,187,220 93.7
1997.10 2,206,694,792 3,076,435,691 95.3
1997.11 2,115,547,351 3,179,715,262 96.6
1997.12 2,198,121,727 3,124,383,607 97.2
1998.1 2,105,404,300 3,326,049,406 96.4
1998.2 1,958,541,875 2,956,933,011 95.2
1998.3 2,322,687,820 3,499,669,894 94.4
1998.4 2,444,362,723 4,459,881,421 92.8
1998.5 2,461,294,366 4,523,390,864 91.8
1998.6 2,605,168,711 4,462,202,054 89.5
1998.7 2,570,098,993 4,646,017,377 87.8
1998.8 2,606,142,878 4,651,737,625 86.7
1998.9 2,521,491,811 4,428,175,924 85.9
1998.10 2,626,665,228 4,817,661,767 86.4
1998.11 2,429,977,521 4,815,678,673 86.8
1998.12 2,944,319,421 5,692,430,614 86.1
1999.1 2,758,377,930 5,765,234,217 86.6
1999.2 2,407,347,241 5,258,689,762 86.2
1999.3 2,812,470,971 6,030,234,526 86.2
1999.4 2,675,481,865 5,688,898,389 87.7
1999.5 2,925,660,432 5,826,646,577 87.7
1999.6 3,054,109,328 5,941,502,756 87.3
1999.7 3,147,631,299 6,268,080,384 87.5
1999.8 3,167,904,692 6,354,481,053 89.2
1999.9 2,896,368,760 6,069,623,233 93.9
1999.10 3,067,203,748 6,555,307,722 97.6
1999.11 2,998,421,410 6,410,511,414 100.7
1999.12 3,210,340,290 6,742,224,779 106.3
2000.1 3,136,188,887 6,764,045,902 114.4
2000.2 3,255,692,302 6,568,660,562 147.2
2000.3 3,381,233,179 7,327,555,415 130.1
2000.4 3,363,891,054 6,991,021,046 123.7
2000.5 3,513,655,233 6,970,848,621 121.6
2000.6 3,401,732,594 6,910,193,702 120.9
2000.7 3,555,218,395 7,245,757,582 120.8
2000.8 3,543,212,664 7,242,226,616 120.8
2000.9 3,406,776,685 7,010,043,361 133.7
2000.10 3,499,730,069 7,704,620,726 137.6
2000.11 3,524,377,835 7,541,025,769 140.3
2000.12 3,619,847,843 7,760,556,140 144.9
2001.1 3,682,396,622 7,942,413,955 149.1
2001.2 3,413,498,355 7,041,969,519 144.6
2001.3 3,752,743,175 7,841,339,049 138.1
2001.4 3,622,816,060 7,447,215,726 134.4
2001.5 3,619,025,791 8,196,062,735 131.9
2001.6 3,764,511,474 8,012,390,410 129.6
2001.7 3,883,436,597 7,990,840,306 123.8
2001.8 3,949,258,136 8,236,013,941 122.1
2001.9 3,352,293,946 6,131,874,319 125.3
2001.10 3,333,410,757 6,835,459,383 121.5
2001.11 3,222,677,924 6,428,979,725 118.3
2001.12 3,386,689,484 6,417,030,152 112.7
2002.1 3,348,447,908 6,317,950,793 112.9
2002.2 3,171,912,994 5,799,282,814 112.3
2002.3 3,558,507,828 6,735,747,395 112.8
2002.4 3,585,452,083 6,531,779,310 115.1
2002.5 3,584,664,080 7,594,882,362 114.4
2002.6 3,951,222,858 7,811,978,752 112.7
2002.7 3,980,944,185 7,990,899,726 111.6
2002.8 3,988,341,983 7,973,919,170 112.1
2002.9 3,663,637,969 7,305,406,419 115.2
2002.10 3,903,913,198 7,899,503,483 119.3
2002.11 3,820,267,811 7,166,445,913 121.8
2002.12 4,192,369,246 7,720,473,521 125.6
2003.1 3,990,814,016 7,877,466,344 136.6
2003.2 3,656,322,488 7,047,490,206 156.3
2003.3 4,299,078,057 7,975,006,475 169.0
2003.4 4,122,457,517 7,437,015,773 147.9
2003.5 3,932,183,347 7,361,992,174 137.0
2003.6 4,042,528,981 7,380,527,881 132.2
2003.7 4,291,778,819 7,666,404,503 130.5
2003.8 4,396,986,138 7,702,562,555 130.7
2003.9 3,768,658,295 7,293,811,831 130.5
2003.10 4,090,211,225 7,933,183,002 131.4
2003.11 3,975,651,654 7,756,012,432 134.8
2003.12 4,273,537,629 8,013,469,502 137.0
2004.1 4,212,162,311 8,460,200,784 149.9
2004.2 4,142,171,889 8,258,408,033 155.1
2004.3 4,708,190,058 9,160,625,162 152.5
2004.4 4,501,633,630 9,172,164,022 149.6
2004.5 5,041,792,413 9,921,532,684 150.4
2004.6 5,094,737,413 10,270,867,743 150.7
2004.7 5,419,577,450 10,790,875,514 151.1
2004.8 5,363,471,884 10,923,755,355 157.4
2004.9 4,833,241,811 9,935,189,297 161.6
2004.10 5,150,494,977 11,024,255,456 177.3
2004.11 5,116,873,931 9,942,959,178 186.6
2004.12 5,562,736,252 10,532,053,988 183.7
2005.1 5,566,039,532 10,078,208,192 181.2
2005.2 4,975,140,076 9,640,868,546 188.5
2005.3 5,772,343,002 10,629,542,124 195.5
2005.4 5,649,198,987 10,082,975,762 199.5
2005.5 5,542,558,247 10,217,220,465 193.9
2005.6 5,604,463,444 9,907,069,753 195.0
2005.7 6,079,132,874 10,158,821,409 202.9
2005.8 6,080,730,672 10,143,350,377 209.8
2005.9 5,138,572,666 9,165,968,908 235.9
2005.10 5,312,260,709 9,800,642,707 241.1
2005.11 5,585,352,410 9,980,360,622 231.5
2005.12 5,840,512,196 10,399,579,036 227.8
2006.1 6,034,716,151 10,079,114,761 229.5
2006.2 5,394,197,559 9,101,151,798 230.5
2006.3 6,172,836,119 10,447,827,844 230.4
2006.4 6,123,425,087 10,027,145,054 236.4
2006.5 6,330,030,785 10,500,123,489 239.8
2006.6 6,436,189,986 10,174,982,589 239.1
2006.7 6,716,320,965 10,403,044,693 241.9
2006.8 6,619,892,758 10,407,297,022 245.3
2006.9 5,906,501,549 9,657,145,286 237.1
2006.10 6,267,203,597 9,821,973,217 227.9
2006.11 6,112,313,870 9,566,905,179 227.2
2006.12 6,413,111,730 9,918,386,741 233.2
2007.1 6,234,240,869 9,548,541,220 227.9
2007.2 5,958,181,796 9,134,515,817 231.8
2007.3 6,973,424,157 10,585,411,151 236.9
2007.4 7,180,991,589 10,076,153,794 240.1
2007.5 6,997,996,441 11,002,159,065 241.5
2007.6 6,964,547,413 10,834,815,393 241.6
2007.7 7,512,252,173 11,138,569,327 245.7
2007.8 7,364,921,546 11,306,642,432 246.5
2007.9 6,333,438,224 10,187,164,974 252.6
2007.10 6,693,937,817 10,758,495,987 261.7
2007.11 6,367,393,468 10,387,348,686 291.8
2007.12 6,737,164,786 10,287,777,440 299.3
2008.1 6,645,965,932 10,028,831,207 306.9
2008.2 6,367,247,949 9,861,413,276 308.3
2008.3 7,156,317,433 10,898,677,227 332.1
2008.4 6,890,593,054 10,091,939,290 342.8
2008.5 6,883,878,439 10,359,704,987 363.9
2008.6 7,240,953,152 10,371,005,542 389.4
2008.7 7,491,874,624 10,781,154,951 395.7
2008.8 7,379,877,302 10,379,723,582 367.8
2008.9 5,931,897,708 8,976,017,068 349.2
2008.10 6,000,792,626 9,401,667,263 318.7
2008.11 5,824,129,622 8,941,753,686 281.9
2008.12 6,118,692,669 9,373,177,862 256.2
2009.1 5,800,475,184 8,873,619,832 247.2
2009.2 5,256,896,977 8,031,858,585 242.3
2009.3 6,167,205,328 9,111,303,130 230.8
2009.4 6,043,774,708 8,656,334,504 228.1
2009.5 6,220,022,379 9,633,572,882 225.2
2009.6 6,636,006,448 9,950,712,954 232.6
2009.7 6,891,561,605 10,321,083,975 230.2
2009.8 6,428,280,425 10,206,655,289 237.5
2009.9 5,426,473,078 9,312,155,010 236.6
2009.10 5,667,093,677 9,893,893,521 243.9
2009.11 5,175,396,564 9,235,174,702 260.3
2009.12 5,400,909,591 9,354,023,443 262.6
2010.1 5,485,973,239 9,506,761,901 280.9
2010.2 4,775,323,672 8,207,836,983 277.3
2010.3 5,548,529,843 10,003,223,831 276.0
2010.4 5,631,850,473 9,595,108,732 278.1
2010.5 5,564,562,499 9,892,630,267 272.6
2010.6 5,821,336,041 9,840,582,565 265.5
2010.7 6,226,964,948 10,104,417,907 261.3
2010.8 6,125,845,533 10,134,966,057 263.2
2010.9 5,478,491,498 9,633,236,901 265.8
2010.10 5,627,420,733 9,903,994,486 276.6
2010.11 5,243,641,151 9,838,249,767 286.4
2010.12 5,732,882,335 9,960,441,645 298.0
2011.1 5,379,804,804 9,709,282,495 314.1
2011.2 4,984,613,470 8,932,930,792 326.9
2011.3 6,132,524,525 10,670,133,945 341.9

NOTE: Legacy carriers include American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and US Airways. TWA, Northwest, and America West were included as these carriers merged with American Airlines, Delta, and US Airways respectively. Low cost carriers include JetBlue Airways, Frontier Airlines, AirTran Airways, Spirit Airlines, and Southwest Airlines.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Traffic Data T100 Domestic Segment (U.S. carriers) as of July 6, 2011; Consumer Price Index, U.S. City Average, Fuel Oil and Other Fuels (Series ID CUUR0000SEHE), not seasonally adjusted (Base period 1982-84=100).