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America West Airlines

In 2007, its last year in the data, America West Airlines flew 54.6 passenger-miles per gallon of jet fuel. That is 10% better than the all-airline figure that year. Since 2000 its figure has risen 21%.

54.6passenger-miles per gallon, 2007
0.178 kgCO2 per passenger-mile, 2007
83%of seats filled, 2007
324 milliongallons of jet fuel burned in scheduled passenger flying, 2007
America West Airlines: passenger-miles per gallon by yearLine chart of America West Airlines passenger-miles per gallon of fuel from 2000 to 2007, with the all-airline average for comparison.354045505520002001200220032004200520062007Passenger-miles per gallonAmerica West AirlinesAll airlines
America West Airlines against the all-airline figure, 2000 to 2007.

America West Airlines sells seats on flights operated by regional partners. In 2007 about 0.2% of its seat-miles were flown by regionals. How much of each regional's flying belongs to America West Airlines is an estimate based on the hubs the regional serves. The figure for 2007 sits between 52.8 and 54.6 passenger-miles per gallon depending on how multi-airline regionals are split. See the methodology.

America West and US Airways began reporting combined traffic and financial data in October 2007. Later years are under US Airways.

Year by year

YearPassenger-miles per gallonkg CO2 per passenger-mileSeat-miles per gallonLoad factorPassengers (millions)Fuel (million gallons)CO2 (thousand tonnes)
2007 54.6 0.178 66.0 82.7% 16.0 324 3,160
2006 52.3 0.187 65.8 79.4% 23.8 472 4,598
2005 50.7 0.192 64.6 78.4% 26.5 522 5,094
2004 49.8 0.196 64.6 77.2% 23.7 493 4,803
2003 50.9 0.191 66.9 76.1% 23.0 442 4,313
2002 48.9 0.199 66.5 73.6% 20.3 410 4,000
2001 46.3 0.210 64.4 71.9% 20.0 412 4,012
2000 45.1 0.216 64.0 70.5% 20.5 423 4,129

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