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Table of Contents
The following table shows by Contract Carrier and contract (1) the number of aircraft in operation as of December 31, 2009, (2) the number of aircraft
scheduled to be in operation as of December 31, 2010, (3) the number of aircraft scheduled to be in operation immediately prior to the expiration date of the
agreement and (4) the expiration date of the agreement:
Number of
Aircraft
Number of Scheduled
Aircraft to be in
Number of Scheduled to Operation
Aircraft in be in Immediately
Operation Operation Prior to the
as of as of Expiration Expiration
December 31, December 31, of the Date of
Carrier 2009 2010 Agreement Agreement
ASA 152 132 16 2020
SkyWest Airlines 82 82 37 2020
ASA/SkyWest Airlines(1) 12 12 12 2012
Chautauqua 24 24 24 2016
Freedom (ERJ-145 aircraft)(2) 22 22 22 2012
Shuttle America 16 16 16 2019
Pinnacle (CRJ-900 aircraft) 16 16 16 2019
Pinnacle (CRJ-200 aircraft) 126 126 124 2017
Total 450 430 267
The table above was not subject to the audit procedures of our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
(1) We have an agreement with ASA, SkyWest Airlines and SkyWest, Inc. ("SkyWest"), the parent company of ASA and SkyWest Airlines, under which
the parties collectively determine whether the aircraft are operated by ASA or SkyWest Airlines.
(2) We are in litigation with Freedom and its parent company, Mesa Air Group, Inc. ("Mesa") regarding our ability to terminate our agreement with
Freedom prior to its expiration date in 2012.
The following table shows the available seat miles ("ASMs") and revenue passenger miles ("RPMs") operated for us under capacity purchase agreements
with our regional air carriers (excluding Comair, Compass and Mesaba) for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007:
(in millions, except for number of aircraft operated) 2009 2008 2007
ASMs 20,852 17,425 17,881
RPMs 16,424 13,899 14,005
Number of aircraft operated, end of period 450 443 349
The table above was not subject to the audit procedures of our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Revenue Proration Agreements. As of December 31, 2009, we had a revenue proration agreement with American Eagle Airlines, Inc. In addition, a portion
of our contract carrier agreement with SkyWest Airlines is structured as a revenue proration agreement. These agreements establish a fixed dollar or
percentage division of revenues for tickets sold to passengers traveling on connecting flight itineraries.
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