Table 19: Low-Cost Airline System* Passenger Revenue Yield,,,,,,,
Low-Cost Airlines Ranked by 3rd Quarter 2008 Revenue Yield (Cents Per RPM) ,,,,,,,
(Passenger Revenue per Revenue Passenger Mile in cents),,,,,,,
3Q 2008 Rank,Low-Cost Airlines,3rd Quarter 2007,4th Quarter 2007 ,1st Quarter 2008 ,2nd Quarter 2008 ,3rd Quarter 2008,3rd Quarter Passenger Revenue $(Millions)
1,Southwest,12.3,13.2,13.3,13.5,14.3,"2,700"
2,Frontier,11.4,11.6,12.0,11.8,12.9,337
3,AirTran,12.1,12.9,13.1,13.0,12.2,635
4,JetBlue,10.4,10.9,11.4,11.6,11.8,810
5,Spirit****,9.5,9.7,10.7,10.0,N/A,N/A
6,Allegiant**,9.2,9.5,10.0,N/A,N/A,N/A
7,America West***,10.8,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A
,Seven-Carrier Total,11.5,12.4,12.6,N/A,N/A,N/A
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics; Form 41; Schedule P1.2.  T100; T2 Data,,,,,,,
* System = domestic + international ,,,,,,,
** Allegiant Airlines requested confidentiality for its data beginning in the 2nd Quarter of 2008. Allegiant’s numbers are included in previous quarter totals.,,,,,,,
*** America West Airlines and US Airways now operate under a single certificate and report jointly.  The combined airline’s financial numbers are included with the network carriers beginning with the fourth quarter of 2007.  US Airways’ previous numbers remain with network carriers and America West’s previous numbers are listed separately as a low-cost carrier.,,,,,,,
**** Spirit Airlines failed to file its report for the third quarter of 2008.,,,,,,,