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Table of Contents
The table below sets forth selected mainline operating data for AWA.
Percent Percent
Year Ended December 31, Change Change
2006 2005 2004 2006-2005 2005-2004
Revenue passenger miles (in millions)(a) 23,559 24,260 23,333 (2.9) 4.0
Available seat miles (in millions)(b) 29,555 30,503 30,153 (3.1) 1.2
Load factor (percent)(c) 79.7 79.5 77.4 0.2 pts 2.1 pts
Yield (cents)(d) 11.72 10.39 9.44 12.8 10.1
Passenger revenue per available seat mile (cents)(e) 9.34 8.27 7.31 12.9 13.1
Passenger enplanements (in thousands)(f) 21,260 22,130 21,132 (3.9) 4.7
Aircraft (end of period) 133 141 138 (5.7) 2.2
Block hours (in thousands)(g) 547 564 557 (3.0) 1.3
Average stage length (miles)(h) 1,026 1,028 1,052 (0.2) (2.3)
Average passenger journey (miles)(i) 1,576 1,659 1,686 (5.0) (1.6)
Fuel consumption (gallons in millions) 435 449 450 (3.1) (0.2)
Average fuel price including tax (dollars per gallon) 2.09 1.80 1.31 16.5 37.4
Full-time equivalent employees (end of period) 13,038 12,100 11,893 7.8 1.7
(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 ("PRASM") — Total passenger revenues divided by total available seat miles.
(f) Passenger enplanements — The number of passengers on board an aircraft including local, connecting and through passengers.
(g) 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.
(h) Average stage length — The average of the distances flown on each segment of every route.
(i) Average passenger journey — The average one-way trip measured in statute miles for one passenger origination.
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