United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

636 Transportation—Air and Water
No. 1103. Airline Cost Indexes: 1968 to 1982
(Covers U.S. trunk and local service carriers. Does not Include cargo earners, Hawaiian carriers, or Alaskan carriers)
ITEM
in d e x
(1972-100)
PERCENT OF CASH
OPERATING EXPENSES ’
1968 1970 1975 1978 1979 1980 1961 1982 1 1968 1976 1980 1982 1
Composite..................................... 76.5 87.9 141.4 182.9 210.5 261.4 295.9 302.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Labor.................................................... 67.8 83.0 129.2 178.1 190.5 2 1 2 .8 235.8 246.0 45.2 41.4 36.1 36.6
Capital3.................. 100.3 106.7 116.8 142.5 140.1 159.8 178.3 175.1 4.0 2.9 2.9 3.7
Fuel....................... B7.2 93.7 249.7 336.8 496.0 786.1 892.7 878.7 13.B 19.1 30.6 29.1
Passenger food...... 87.5 95.8 118.1 125.1 135.8 153.9 167.9 172.5 4.1 3.5 3.0 2.9
Advertising and promotion.................... 102.9 99.7 100.0 100.6 105.7 133.1 167.0 173.2 3.2 1.9 1 .6 1.8
Landing le e s ............... . 68.7 61.0 134.2 159.1 175.8 194.4 213.0 222.3 2 .2 2.4 1.7 1.6
Craft maintenance........ ....................... 116.9 97.9 129.1 147.9 149.6 164.0 172.2 163.2 4.2 2.9 2.1 1.8
Passenger traffic commissions.............. 66.5 82.2 152.5 198.7 229.3 321.0 399.4 413.6 2.7 3.9 5.5 6.1
All other................................................ 82.7 91.5 125.5 150.0 162.8 177.4 193.8 202.0 20.6 22.1 16.6 16.3
'Jan.-Mar. ’ Total operating expenses plus interest on long term debt, less depreciation and amortization. ’ Beginning
1978, includes imputed Interest for capitalized leases.
Source: Air Transport Association of America, Washington, D.C. A ir T ra n s p o rt, 1 98 2, annual, and unpublished data.
No. 1104. Commuter/ regional Airline Operations—Summary: 1970 to 1981
{Calendar year data, except as indicated. Commercial/regional airlines operate primarily aircraft of predominately 60 passengers or
less and 18,000 pounds payload of cargo serving short haul and small community markets. Represents operations within all
North America by U.S. regional carriers)
I T E M Unit 1970 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1 9 8 0 1981
All c a r g o carriers................................................... Number....... (NA) (NA) 31 34 36 53 59 59
743 1,073 ioon
463 747 781 660 605
Revenue passengers enplaned.................................. 1,000......... 4,270 7,243 7,914 9,185 11,026 13,972 14.810 17,012
By 50 largest carriers..... 1.000......... (NA) (NA) 6,282 7.269 8,422 11,349 12,167 13,693
Revenue passenger miles. Millions...... (NA) 733 834 946 1,279 1,724 1,917 2,330
Cargo pounds................... Millions...... 43.5 129.2 151.8 196.2 298.6 345.6 472.0 (NA)
NA Not available. 'As of June 30. ’ Fiscal year data.
Source: Regional Airline Association, Washington, D.C., A n n u a l R e p o rt
No. 1105. C h a r t e r P a s s e n g e r s , b y F l a g o f A ir C a r r i e r a n d b y A r e a o f T r a v e l : 1970 t o 1980
[In thousands. Covers charter flights to, from, or within the U.S. 1970-1975 estimates derived by multiplying available seats by
passenger load factors; thereafter, based on actual passengers]
ITEM 1970 1972 1973 1974 1975 1975 1977 1978 1979 19801
Total passengers...................... ........... 3,862 5,725 6,640 6,236 5,745 7,390 9,038 8,309 6,500 3,329
U.S.: Route carriers1................................... 1,355 2,684 3,179 3,040 2,635 4,109 4,597 3,871 2,854 794
Charter (supplemental) carriers3................ 1,647 2,013 2,474 2,129 1,470 1,631 2,229 2,405 1,843 790
Foreign: Route carriers 1.. 390 516 674 476 589 721 845 1,023 803 777
Charter (supplemental) carriers3................. 470 512 313 591 851 929 1,367 1,010 1,000 968
Domestic travelers.......... 1,397 2,168 2,575 2,348 1,969 2,859 3,524 3,102 2,159 109
international travelers *.... 2,465 3.557 4,065 3,888 3.776 4,531 5,514 5,207 4,341 3,220
Transatlantic................. 1.816 2,495 2,786 2,366 2,321 2,716 3,539 2,821 1,908 1,144
Latin America8............ 444 789 616 806 684 1,001 1,130 1,416 1.287 688
■The compilation of domestic, and consequently tolat passengers, no longer includes charter passengers within the contiguous