Table 11.  Airline Domestic Unit Costs (Cents per Mile),,,,,,,
Low-Cost Carriers,,,,,,,
Ranked by 2nd Quarter 2005 Domestic Unit Costs ,,,,,,,
(Domestic Operating Expenses per Available Seat Mile in cents) ,,,,,,,
"2Q
2005
Rank",Low-Cost Carriers,"2nd Quarter
2004","3rd Quarter
2004","4th Quarter
2004","1st Quarter
2005","2nd Quarter
2005","2nd Quarter
Operating Expenses
$(Millions)"
1,America West,8.3,8.5,8.6,9.7,11.4,820.1
2,Frontier,9.7,9.5,10.9,11.3,10.7,222.2
3,Spirit,8.2,8.6,9.5,8.8,10.2,140.4
4,ATA,7.2,7.3,16.9,16.4,9.3,229.9
5,AirTran,8.5,8.6,8.3,8.7,9.0,345.6
6,Southwest,8.1,7.6,7.6,7.7,7.1,"1,519.5"
7,JetBlue,5.9,6.1,6.5,6.7,6.7,384.8
,Seven-Carrier Total,7.9,7.8,8.8,8.8,8.3,"3,662.5"
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics; Form 41; Schedule P1.2.  T100; T2 Data,,,,,,,