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Table 6: Operating Expenses (Excluding Fuel/Labor) per Enplanement
Low-Cost
Ranked by Second Quarter 2006 Performance

(Cost in dollars excluding fuel and labor expenses per passenger enplanement)

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2Q 2006 Rank Low-Cost Carriers 2Q 2001 2Q 2002 2Q 2003 2Q 2004 2Q 2005 2Q 2006 Change
2Q 2001-2Q 2006
1 ATA 76 96 65 67 118 101 25
2 America West 71 60 57 58 81 93 22
3 Frontier 83 73 64 71 66 60 -23
4 Spirit 55 58 51 52 52 57 2
5 JetBlue 49 48 43 43 44 48 -1
6 AirTran 35 33 34 35 36 36 1
7 Southwest 27 28 28 27 27 26 -1
  7-Carrier Average 40 41 39 39 42 42 2

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and T-100 Segment Data
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