Table 11.  Airline Domestic Unit Costs (Cents per Mile),,,,,,,
Low-Cost Carriers,,,,,,,
Ranked by 3rd Quarter Domestic Unit Costs ,,,,,,,
"(Domestic Operating Expenses per Available Seat Mile in cents)
",,,,,,,
3Q 2004 Rank,Low-cost Carriers,3rd Quarter 2003 (cents per mile),4th Quarter 2003 (cents per mile),1st Quarter 2004 (cents per mile),2nd Quarter 2004 (cents per mile),3rd Quarter 2004 (cents per mile),3rd Quarter Operating Expenses $(Millions)
1,Frontier,8.47,8.60,10.24,9.80,9.47,215.0
2,AirTran,8.07,8.10,8.24,8.45,8.62,257.6
3,Spirit,7.60,8.04,7.95,8.15,8.60,129.1
4,America West,7.62,7.82,8.00,8.28,8.46,627.7
5,Southwest,7.50,7.67,7.81,8.08,7.60,"1,483.1"
6,ATA,6.32,6.45,6.81,7.18,7.26,309.1
7,JetBlue,5.92,6.07,6.06,5.93,6.13,300.2
,Seven Carrier Total,7.33,7.49,7.70,7.89,7.75,"3,321.8"
Source: Form 41; Schedule P1.2.  T100; T2 Data.,,,,,,,