Table 27: Fuel Cost per Originating Passenger

Low-Cost Carriers
Ranked by First Quarter 2007 Performance

(Fuel Cost in Dollars per Originating Passenger)

2007 Rank	Low-Cost	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Change 2002-2007
1	ATA	32	44	42	68	123	131	99
2	America West	21	35	37	45	62	67	46
3	Frontier	18	29	27	38	46	45	27
4	JetBlue	12	21	21	28	43	44	32
5	AirTran	23	26	23	31	43	40	17
6	Spirit	18	33	30	34	43	34	16
7	Southwest	13	15	16	19	28	30	17
	7-Carrier Average	16	22	22	28	37	38	22

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and DB1B Origin & Destination Data