US Airways 2005 Annual Report Download - page 64

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The table below sets forth selected mainline operating data for AWA.
Year Ended December 31, Percent Percent
Change Change
2005 2004 2003 2005-2004 2004-2003
Revenue passenger miles (in millions)(a) 24,260 23,333 21,295 4.0 9.6
Available seat miles (in millions)(b) 30,503 30,153 27,888 1.2 8.1
Load factor (percent)(c) 79.5 77.4 76.4 2.1pts 1.0pt
Yield (cents)(d) 10.39 9.44 9.95 10.1 (5.1)
Passenger revenue per available seat mile (cents)(e) 8.27 7.31 7.60 13.1 (3.8)
Total revenue per available seat mile (cents)(f) 8.99 7.94 8.26 13.2 (3.9)
Passenger enplanements (in thousands)(g) 22,130 21,132 20,050 4.7 5.4
Aircraft (end of period) 141 138 139 2.2 (0.7)
Average daily aircraft utilization (hours)(h) 11.0 10.9 10.1 0.9 7.9
Block hours(i) 564 557 519 1.3 7.3
Average stage length (miles)(j) 1,028 1,052 1,005 (2.3) 4.7
Average passenger journey (miles)(k) 1,659 1,686 1,564 (1.6) 7.8
Fuel consumption (gallons in millions) 449 450 423 (0.2) 6.4
Average fuel price including tax (dollars per gallon) 1.80 1.31 0.96 37.4 36.5
Full-time equivalent employees (end of period) 12,100 11,893 11,475 0.1 3.6
(a) Revenue passenger mile ("RPM") — A basic measure of sales volume. It is one passenger flown one mile.
(b) Available seat mile ("ASM") — A basic measure of production. It is one seat flown one statute mile.
(c) Load factor — The percentage of available seats that are filled with revenue passengers.
(d) Yield — A measure of airline revenue derived by dividing passenger revenue by revenue passenger miles and expressed in cents per mile.
(e) Passenger revenue per available seat mile ("RASM") — Total passenger revenues divided by total available seat miles.
(f) Total revenue per available seat mile — Total operating revenues divided by total available seat miles.
(g) Passenger enplanements — The number of passengers on board an aircraft including local, connecting and through passengers.
(h) Average daily aircraft utilization — The average number of block hours per day for all aircraft in service.
(i) Block hours — The hours measured from the moment an aircraft first moves under its own power, including taxi time, for the purposes of flight until
the aircraft is docked at the next point of landing and its power is shut down.
(j) Average stage length — The average of the distances flown on each segment of every route.
(k) Average passenger journey — The average one-way trip measured in statute miles for one passenger origination.
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