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1 AMR 109 22,935.0 1.6 504.0 118.2
2 UAL 124 20,143.0 4.2 403.0 -98.2
3 Delta Air Lines 129 19,154.0 11.5 1,612.0 0.0
4 Continental Airlines 178 14,232.0 8.4 459.0 33.8
5 Northwest Airlines 213 12,528.0 -0.3 2,093.0 0.0
6 US Airways Group 228 11,700.0 1.2 427.0 40.5
7 Southwest Airlines 267 9,861.0 8.5 645.0 29.3
8 Alaska Air Group 599 3,506.0 5.1 125.0 0.0
9 SkyWest 616 3,374.3 8.3 159.2 9.2
10 JetBlue Airways 705 2,842.0 20.3 18.0 0.0
11 Airtran Holdings 815 2,310.0 22.1 52.7 258.0
12 ExpressJet Holdings 977 1,685.5 0.4 -70.2 -175.9
1 AMR 2.2 1.8 19.0
2 UAL 2.0 1.7 16.7
3 Delta Air Lines 8.4 5.0 15.9
4 Continental Airlines 3.2 3.8 29.6
5 Northwest Airlines 16.7 8.5 28.4
6 US Airways Group 3.6 5.3 29.7
7 Southwest Airlines 6.5 3.8 9.3
8 Alaska Air Group 3.6 2.8 12.2
9 SkyWest 4.7 4.0 12.8
10 JetBlue Airways 0.6 0.3 1.7
11 Airtran Holdings 2.3 2.6 11.8
12 ExpressJet Holdings -4.2 -11.8 -30.2
1 AMR -10.5 -7.3 -53.6 85,500 -1.3
2 UAL 0.0 0.0 -19.0 55,000 0.0
3 Delta Air Lines 0.0 0.0 0.0 55,044 7.3
4 Continental Airlines -1.8 -7.4 -46.1 42,370 3.1
5 Northwest Airlines 0.0 0.0 0.0 34,000 13.3
6 US Airways Group 0.0 0.0 -72.7 39,600 7.0
7 Southwest Airlines 7.3 5.4 -20.3 34,378 5.2
8 Alaska Air Group -1.3 -4.3 -36.7 14,710 1.6
9 SkyWest 25.8 14.3 5.7 14,544 0.7
10 JetBlue Airways 0.0 0.0 -58.5 10,219 7.4
11 Airtran Holdings 0.0 6.0 -39.0 8,236 11.3
12 ExpressJet Holdings 0.0 0.0 -69.4 8,369 14.6
From the May 5, 2008 issue

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