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Table A3 - Unweighted Percentiles of the Unit Value Sub-index Distributions for the Airfare Index Application

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  1997
Quarter 3
1997
Quarter 4
1998
Quarter 1
1998
Quarter 2
Unrestricted business class
No. of sub-indexes 2,944 1,739 1,800 2,985
50th percentile 0.999 1.004 1.000 1.008
90th percentile 1.286 1.292 1.376 1.565
95th percentile 1.636 1.765 1.970 3.671
99th percentile 50.464 189.000 76,283.000 10,421.000
Unrestricted first class
No. of sub-indexes 8,552 7,313 2,888 5,636
50th percentile 0.992 1.051 1.000 1.000
90th percentile 1.231 1.462 3.947 1.387
95th percentile 1.696 2.222 7,500.00 2.644
99th percentile 14,850.000 9,700.000 148,400.000 52,700.000
Restricted business class
No. of sub-indexes 2,617 2,600 2,011 1,898
50th percentile 1.000 1.005 0.982 1.000
10th percentile 0.588 0.589 0.102 0.383
5th percentile 0.245 0.297 0.009 0.100
1st percentile 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.000
Restricted first class
No. of sub-indexes 9,524 9,428 3,655 3,756
50th percentile 1.000 1.015 1.000 1.000
10th percentile 0.840 0.860 0.270 0.646
5th percentile 0.639 0.671 0.000 0.339
1st percentile 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000