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Table 3: System Operating Profit/(Loss) per Originating Passenger Low-Cost Carriers Ranked by 2006 Performance
Table 3: System Operating Profit/(Loss) per Originating Passenger
Low-Cost Carriers
Ranked by 2006 Performance
(Dollars of Profit or Loss per Originating Passenger)
| 2006 Rank | Low-Cost | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | Change 2001-2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southwest | 9.56 | 6.46 | 7.22 | 7.78 | 10.60 | 10.94 | 1.38 |
| 2 | JetBlue | 12.45 | 20.42 | 20.51 | 10.25 | 4.49 | 6.89 | -5.56 |
| 3 | AirTran | 9.45 | 4.37 | 10.07 | 3.25 | 1.08 | 3.17 | -6.28 |
| 4 | Frontier | 8.34 | -2.78 | 6.10 | -7.51 | -0.37 | -1.96 | -10.30 |
| 5 | America West | -31.78 | -12.60 | 1.79 | -0.25 | -8.21 | -5.07 | 26.71 |
| 6 | Spirit | 3.25 | -1.90 | 1.90 | -11.52 | -12.80 | -9.99 | -13.24 |
| 7 | ATA | -15.19 | -21.91 | 1.88 | -68.87 | -107.90 | -15.64 | -0.45 |
| 7-Carrier Average | 2.46 | 2.28 | 7.19 | 0.40 | 2.10 | 6.56 | 4.10 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and DB1B Origin & Destination Data