U.S. Scheduled Airline Industry--Summary statistics


ITEM	Unit	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998


SCHEDULED SERVICE
Revenue passengers enplaned	Mil.	447.7	454.6	453.7	465.6	452.3	475.1	488.5	528.8	547.8	581.2	599.1	614.2
Revenue passenger miles	Bil.	404.5	423.3	432.7	457.9	448.0	478.6	489.7	519.4	540.7	578.7	605.6	619.5
Available seat miles	Bil.	648.7	676.8	684.4	733.4	715.2	752.8	771.6	784.3	807.1	835.1	860.8	874.2

Revenue passenger load factor	Percent	62.3	62.5	63.2	62.4	62.6	63.6	63.5	66.2	67.0	69.3	70.3	70.9
Mean passenger trip length ¹	Miles	903	931	954	984	990	1,007	1,002	982	987	996	1,011	1,009
Freight and express ton miles	Mil.	8,260	9,632	10,275	10,546	10,225	11,130	11,944	13,792	14,578	15,301	17,959	18,116

Aircraft departures	1,000	6,581	6,700	6,622	6,924	6,783	7,051	7,245	7,531	8,062	8,230	8,192	8,309

FINANCES
Total operating revenue ²	Mil. dol.	56,986	63,749	69,316	76,142	75,158	78,140	84,559	88,313	94,578	101,938	109,568	113,346
Passenger revenue	Mil. dol.	44,940	50,296	53,802	58,453	57,092	59,828	63,945	65,422	69,594	75,286	79,471	80,986
Freight and express revenue	Mil. dol.	6,398	7,478	6,893	5,432	5,509	5,916	6,662	7,284	8,616	9,679	10,477	10,651
Mail revenue	Mil. dol.	923	972	955	970	957	1,184	1,212	1,183	1,266	1,279	1,362	1,690
Charter revenue	Mil. dol.	1,612	1,698	2,052	2,877	3,717	2,801	3,082	3,548	3,485	3,447	3,575	3,811

Total operating expense	Mil. dol.	54,517	60,312	67,505	78,054	76,943	80,585	83,121	85,600	88,718	95,729	100,982	104,034
Operating profit	Mil. dol.	2,469	3,437	1,811	-1,912	-1,785	-2,444	1,438	2,713	5,860	6,209	8,586	9,312
Interest expense	Mil. dol.	1,695	1,846	1,944	1,978	1,777	1,743	2,027	2,347	2,424	1,981	1,733	1,826
Net profit	Mil. dol.	593	1,686	128	-3,921	-1,940	-4,791	-2,136	-344	2,314	2,804	5,170	4,894

Revenue per passenger mile	Cents	11.1	11.9	12.4	12.8	12.7	12.5	13.1	12.6	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.1
Rate of return on investment	Percent	7.2	10.8	6.3	-6.0	-0.5	-9.3	-0.4	5.2	11.9	11.5	14.7	12.0
Operating profit margin	Percent	4.3	5.4	2.6	-2.5	-2.4	-3.1	1.7	3.1	6.2	6.1	7.8	8.2
Net profit margin	Percent	1.0	2.6	0.2	-5.1	-2.6	-6.1	-2.5	-0.4	2.4	2.8	4.7	4.3

EMPLOYEES ³
Total	1,000	457.3	480.6	506.7	545.8	533.6	540.4	537.1	539.8	547.0	564.4	586.5	621.1
Pilots and copilots	1,000	42.0	43.8	43.7	47.1	49.2	51.1	52.1	52.9	55.4	57.6	60.4	64.1
Other flight personnel	1,000	8.5	7.8	8.1	8.9	8.0	8.2	8.1	7.7	8.6	8.9	10.7	11.1
Flight attendants	1,000	76.7	76.3	77.8	83.4	81.8	86.3	85.0	86.5	86.7	89.1	96.2	97.6
Mechanics	1,000	51.2	55.0	57.3	61.0	58.8	58.6	57.5	55.8	50.5	50.8	65.5	69.9
Aircraft and traffic
service personnel	1,000	194.9	211.8	225.2	251.2	237.3	243.1	242.8	247.2	251.1	266.5	269.6	290.1
All other	1,000	84.0	85.9	94.8	94.2	98.4	93.2	91.7	89.7	94.8	91.6	84.1	88.3

AVERAGE COMPENSATION PER EMPLOYEE
Total

1067. U.S. Scheduled Airline Industry--Summary