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Continental Airlines
In 2011, its last year in the data, Continental Airlines flew 60.9 passenger-miles per gallon of jet fuel. That is 8% better than the all-airline figure that year. Since 2000 its figure has risen 51%.
Continental Airlines sells seats on flights operated by regional partners, mainly XE (1) and 9L. In 2011 about 7.5% of its seat-miles were flown by regionals. How much of each regional's flying belongs to Continental Airlines is an estimate based on the hubs the regional serves. The figure for 2011 sits between 60.3 and 60.9 passenger-miles per gallon depending on how multi-airline regionals are split. See the methodology.
Continental merged with United, and BTS began combining their filings in January 2012. Continental Micronesia, which merged into Continental in December 2010, counts here as Continental. Later years are under United Airlines.
Year by year
| Year | Passenger-miles per gallon | kg CO2 per passenger-mile | Seat-miles per gallon | Load factor | Passengers (millions) | Fuel (million gallons) | CO2 (thousand tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 60.9 | 0.160 | 74.9 | 81.3% | 58.4 | 1,442 | 14,061 |
| 2010 | 64.0 | 0.152 | 77.1 | 83.0% | 62.3 | 1,421 | 13,854 |
| 2009 | 62.9 | 0.155 | 77.3 | 81.3% | 62.8 | 1,414 | 13,784 |
| 2008 | 54.6 | 0.178 | 68.2 | 80.1% | 68.1 | 1,710 | 16,676 |
| 2007 | 51.5 | 0.189 | 63.6 | 81.0% | 69.7 | 1,838 | 17,919 |
| 2006 | 50.0 | 0.195 | 62.0 | 80.7% | 67.5 | 1,790 | 17,450 |
| 2005 | 47.9 | 0.203 | 60.7 | 78.9% | 61.2 | 1,671 | 16,296 |
| 2004 | 45.8 | 0.213 | 59.5 | 77.0% | 56.3 | 1,594 | 15,544 |
| 2003 | 44.1 | 0.221 | 58.9 | 74.9% | 51.7 | 1,470 | 14,330 |
| 2002 | 48.7 | 0.200 | 66.4 | 73.4% | 50.6 | 1,296 | 12,632 |
| 2001 | 43.0 | 0.227 | 59.8 | 71.8% | 53.1 | 1,505 | 14,675 |
| 2000 | 40.4 | 0.241 | 54.6 | 74.1% | 55.5 | 1,684 | 16,423 |