EXHIBIT 99.3 SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Published on August 14, 2006
Exhibit
99.3
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
2001
|
||||||||||||||||||
Financial
Data:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
(In
millions, except per share amounts)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
revenues
|
$
|
7,584
|
$
|
6,530
|
$
|
5,937
|
$
|
5,522
|
$
|
5,555
|
||||||||||||
Operating
expenses
|
6,859
|
6,126
|
5,558
|
5,181
|
5,016
|
|||||||||||||||||
Operating
income
|
725
|
404
|
379
|
341
|
539
|
|||||||||||||||||
Other
expenses (income) net
|
(54
|
)
|
65
|
(225
|
)
|
24
|
(197
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
779
|
339
|
604
|
317
|
736
|
|||||||||||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
295
|
124
|
232
|
129
|
285
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
484
|
$
|
215
|
$
|
372
|
$
|
188
|
$
|
451
|
||||||||||||
Net
income per share, basic
|
$
|
.61
|
$
|
.27
|
$
|
.48
|
$
|
.24
|
$
|
.59
|
||||||||||||
Net
income per share, diluted
|
$
|
.60
|
$
|
.27
|
$
|
.46
|
$
|
.23
|
$
|
.56
|
||||||||||||
Cash
dividends per common share
|
$
|
.0180
|
$
|
.0180
|
$
|
.0180
|
$
|
.0180
|
$
|
.0180
|
||||||||||||
Total
assets at period-end
|
$
|
14,003
|
$
|
11,137
|
$
|
9,693
|
$
|
8,766
|
$
|
8,779
|
||||||||||||
Long-term
obligations at period-end
|
$
|
1,394
|
$
|
1,700
|
$
|
1,332
|
$
|
1,553
|
$
|
1,327
|
||||||||||||
Stockholders’
equity at period-end
|
$
|
6,675
|
$
|
5,527
|
$
|
5,029
|
$
|
4,374
|
$
|
3,921
|
||||||||||||
Operating
Data:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
passengers carried
|
77,693,875
|
70,902,773
|
65,673,945
|
63,045,988
|
64,446,773
|
|||||||||||||||||
Enplaned
passengers
|
88,379,900
|
81,066,038
|
74,719,340
|
72,462,123
|
73,628,723
|
|||||||||||||||||
Revenue
passenger miles (RPMs) (000s)
|
60,223,100
|
53,418,353
|
47,943,066
|
45,391,903
|
44,493,916
|
|||||||||||||||||
Available
seat miles (ASMs) (000s)
|
85,172,795
|
76,861,296
|
71,790,425
|
68,886,546
|
65,295,290
|
|||||||||||||||||
Load
factor (1)
|
70.7
|
%
|
69.5
|
%
|
66.8
|
%
|
65.9
|
%
|
68.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Average
length of passenger haul (miles)
|
775
|
753
|
730
|
720
|
690
|
|||||||||||||||||
Average
stage length (miles)
|
607
|
576
|
558
|
537
|
514
|
|||||||||||||||||
Trips
flown
|
1,028,639
|
981,591
|
949,882
|
947,331
|
940,426
|
|||||||||||||||||
Average
passenger fare
|
$
|
93.68
|
$
|
88.57
|
$
|
87.42
|
$
|
84.72
|
$
|
83.46
|
||||||||||||
Passenger
revenue yield per RPM
|
12.09¢
|
11.76¢
|
11.97¢
|
11.77¢
|
12.09¢
|
|||||||||||||||||
Operating
revenue yield per ASM
|
8.90¢
|
8.50¢
|
8.27¢
|
8.02¢
|
8.51¢
|
|||||||||||||||||
Operating
expenses per ASM
|
8.05¢
|
7.97¢
|
7.74¢
|
7.52¢
|
7.68¢
|
|||||||||||||||||
Operating
expenses per ASM, excluding fuel
|
6.48¢
|
6.67¢
|
6.59¢
|
6.41¢
|
6.50¢
|
|||||||||||||||||
Fuel
cost per gallon (average)
|
$
|
1.03
|
$
|
.83
|
$
|
.72
|
$
|
.68
|
$
|
.71
|
||||||||||||
Number
of Employees at year-end
|
31,729
|
31,011
|
32,847
|
33,705
|
31,580
|
|||||||||||||||||
Size
of fleet at year-end (2)
|
445
|
417
|
388
|
375
|
355
|
________________
(1) Revenue
passenger miles divided by available seat miles.
(2) Includes
leased aircraft.