Rankings / USA 3000 Airlines
Last reported 2010USA 3000 Airlines
In 2010, its last year in the data, USA 3000 Airlines flew 55.0 passenger-miles per gallon of jet fuel. That's 7% better than the all-airline figure that year. Since 2004 its figure has fallen 10%.
About USA 3000 Airlines
USA 3000 was a Philadelphia-based leisure airline that began flying in December 2001 and was wound down by its parent company, Apple Vacations, in January 2012. In this data its scheduled passenger service appears from 2004 to 2010.
- 55.0passenger-miles per gallon, 2010
- 0.177 kgCO2 per passenger-mile
- 79%of seats filled
- 168seats per flight on average
The story in the figures
USA 3000 Airlines' passenger-miles per gallon fell 9.7% between 2004 and 2010, from 60.9 to 55.0. Most of that came from the aircraft: seat-miles per gallon fell 13%, while planes ran fuller, with 76% of seat-miles filled in 2004 against 79% in 2010.
The shape of the flying changed as well: the average passenger flew 1,127 miles per segment in 2004 and 1,358 in 2010. In general, longer flights spend a smaller share of their fuel on takeoff and climb.
Its best year was 2006, at 64.7 passenger-miles per gallon, and its latest figure sits 15% below that.
Against the all-airline figure for 2010 (51.5), USA 3000 Airlines was 6.9% better. On a 1,000 mile trip that works out to 177 kg of CO2 for one passenger, from burning jet fuel only.
What one seat costs the climate
CO2 for one passenger on USA 3000 Airlines, from burning jet fuel only.
- 89 kgover 500 miles
- 177 kgover 1,000 miles
- 354 kgover 2,000 miles
USA 3000 flew charters alongside its scheduled service, and its figure swings from year to year by more than its fleet changed, so read single years with caution.
Year-by-year figures
| Year | Passenger-miles per gallon | kg CO2 per passenger-mile | Seat-miles per gallon | Load factor | Passengers (millions) | Fuel (million gallons) | CO2 (thousand tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 55.0 | 0.177 | 69.8 | 78.8% | 0.6 | 15 | 147 |
| 2009 | 48.3 | 0.202 | 66.0 | 73.2% | 1.0 | 26 | 254 |
| 2008 | 64.7 | 0.151 | 81.4 | 79.5% | 1.5 | 27 | 263 |
| 2007 | 51.6 | 0.189 | 66.9 | 77.0% | 1.6 | 36 | 353 |
| 2006 | 64.7 | 0.151 | 86.2 | 75.0% | 1.6 | 30 | 296 |
| 2005 | 63.4 | 0.154 | 81.7 | 77.6% | 1.7 | 31 | 306 |
| 2004 | 60.9 | 0.160 | 79.9 | 76.3% | 0.9 | 17 | 170 |
Where the leaders stand
Nearby airline results
These airlines sit nearby by passenger-miles per gallon in their last data year. Historical airlines have different end years, shown here, so this isn't a same-year ranking.
Airline references
Source: US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Schedule P-12(a) fuel, T-100 traffic and regional Schedule T-2 filings; US EPA jet-fuel CO2 factor. See the methodology.