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U.S. Air Carrier Traffic Statistics Through May 2009

Monthly - System

(Excludes all-cargo services. Includes domestic and international)

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  May 2009 May 2008
Scheduled Non-Scheduled Total Scheduled Non-Scheduled Total
Revenue Passenger Enplanements (000) 59,736 405 60,141 65,895 507 66,402
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 65,012,515 852,219 65,864,734 71,721,483 932,797 72,654,280
Available Seat Miles (000) 81,575,301 1,525,882 83,101,183 88,613,541 1,634,404 90,247,945
Passenger Load Factor (%) 79.70 55.85 79.26 80.94 57.07 80.51
Revenue Freight Ton Miles (000) 461,090 4,708 465,798 588,526 21,990 610,516
Total Revenue Ton Miles (000) 7,016,712 89,930 7,106,642 7,838,757 115,300 7,954,057
Available Ton Miles (000) 11,806,429 247,201 12,053,630 12,483,757 277,751 12,761,508
Ton Mile Load Factor (%) 59.43 36.38 58.96 62.79 41.51 62.33
Revenue Departures Performed 812,761 11,150 823,911 889,550 11,989 901,539
Revenue Aircraft Miles Flown (000) 581,923 7,351 589,274 639,318 8,321 647,639
Revenue Aircraft Hours (Airborne) 1,393,916 18,960 1,412,876 1,535,088 21,967 1,557,055

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market and Segment

Twelve Months - System

(Excludes all-cargo services. Includes domestic and international)

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  June 2008 - May 2009 June 2007 - May 2008
Scheduled Non-Scheduled Total Scheduled Non-Scheduled Total
Revenue Passenger Enplanements (000) 713,041 5,348 718,389 770,989 6,441 777,430
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 779,489,363 10,548,768 790,038,131 836,472,315 12,492,045 848,964,360
Available Seat Miles (000) 984,974,655 17,676,797 1,002,651,452 1,046,902,882 21,932,351 1,068,835,233
Passenger Load Factor (%) 79.14 59.68 78.79 79.90 56.96 79.43
Revenue Freight Ton Miles (000) 5,790,677 51,332 5,842,009 6,886,836 122,840 7,009,676
Total Revenue Ton Miles (000) 84,568,372 1,106,227 85,674,599 91,377,908 1,372,081 92,749,989
Available Ton Miles (000) 140,520,067 2,860,481 143,380,548 149,383,417 3,405,782 152,789,199
Ton Mile Load Factor (%) 60.18 38.67 59.75 61.17 40.29 60.70
Revenue Departures Performed 9,799,288 134,697 9,933,985 10,660,230 153,407 10,813,637
Revenue Aircraft Miles Flown (000) 7,043,745 86,951 7,130,696 7,608,593 106,336 7,714,929
Revenue Aircraft Hours (Airborne) 16,875,714 228,196 17,103,910 18,257,881 271,299 18,529,180

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market and Segment

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