Item 6. Selected Financial Data

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

The following financial information, for the five years ended December 31, 2020, has been derived from the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. This information should be viewed in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere herein. The Company provides the operating data below because these statistics are commonly used in the airline industry and, therefore, allow readers to compare the Company’s performance against its results for prior periods, as well as against the performance of the Company’s peers.

Year ended December 31,
20202019201820172016
Financial Data (in millions, except per share amounts):
Operating revenues$9,048$22,428$21,965$21,146$20,289
Operating expenses12,86419,47118,75917,73916,767
Operating income (loss)(3,816)2,9573,2063,4073,522
Other expenses (income) net440—4214272
Income (loss) before taxes(4,256)2,9573,1643,2653,450
Provision (benefit) for income taxes(1,182)657699(92)1,267
Net income (loss)$(3,074)$2,300$2,465$3,357$2,183
Net income (loss) per share, basic$(5.44)$4.28$4.30$5.58$3.48
Net income (loss) per share, diluted$(5.44)$4.27$4.29$5.57$3.45
Cash dividends per common share$0.180$0.700$0.605$0.475$0.375
Total assets at period-end$34,588$25,895$26,243$25,110$23,286
Long-term obligations at period-end$10,111$1,846$2,771$3,320$2,821
Stockholders’ equity at period-end$8,876$9,832$9,853$9,641$7,784
Operating Data:
Revenue passengers carried (000s)54,088134,056134,890130,256124,720
Enplaned passengers (000s)67,785162,681163,606157,677151,740
Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) (in millions)(a)54,221131,345133,322129,041124,798
Available seat miles (ASMs) (in millions)(b)103,456157,254159,795153,811148,522
Load factor(c)52.4%83.5%83.4%83.9%84.0%
Average length of passenger haul (miles)1,0029809889911,001
Average aircraft stage length (miles)743748757754760
Trips flown897,5401,367,7271,375,0301,347,8931,311,149
Seats flown (000s)(d)137,405206,390207,223200,879193,168
Seats per trip(e)153.1150.9150.7149.0147.3
Average passenger fare$141.72$154.98$151.64$151.73$152.89
Passenger revenue yield per RPM (cents)(f)14.1415.8215.3415.3215.28
Operating revenues per ASM (cents)(g)(j)8.7514.2613.7513.7513.66
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents)(h)7.4113.2112.8012.8512.84
Operating expenses per ASM (cents)(i)12.4312.3811.7411.5311.29
Operating expenses per ASM, excluding fuel (cents)10.659.628.858.888.73
Operating expenses per ASM, excluding fuel and profitsharing (cents)10.659.198.518.538.34
Fuel costs per gallon, including fuel tax$1.45$2.09$2.20$1.99$1.90
Fuel costs per gallon, including fuel tax, economic$1.49$2.09$2.20$2.06$2.00
Fuel consumed, in gallons (millions)1,2732,0772,0942,0451,996
Active fulltime equivalent Employees56,537(j)60,76758,80356,11053,536
Aircraft at end of period718(k)(l)747(k)750706723

(a)A revenue passenger mile is one paying passenger flown one mile. Also referred to as "traffic," which is a measure of demand for a given period.

(b)An available seat mile is one seat (empty or full) flown one mile. Also referred to as "capacity," which is a measure of the space available to carry passengers in a given period.

(c)Revenue passenger miles divided by available seat miles.

(d)Seats flown is calculated using total number of seats available by aircraft type multiplied by the total trips flown by the same aircraft type during a particular period.

(e)Seats per trip is calculated by dividing seats flown by trips flown.

(f)Calculated as passenger revenue divided by revenue passenger miles. Also referred to as "yield," this is the average cost paid by a paying passenger to fly one mile, which is a measure of revenue production and fares.

(g)Calculated as operating revenues divided by available seat miles. Also referred to as "operating unit revenues" or "RASM," this is a measure of operating revenue production based on the total available seat miles flown during a particular period.

(h)Calculated as passenger revenue divided by available seat miles. Also referred to as "passenger unit revenues," this is a measure of passenger revenue production based on the total available seat miles flown during a particular period.

(i)Calculated as operating expenses divided by available seat miles. Also referred to as "unit costs" or "cost per available seat mile," this is the average cost to fly an aircraft seat (empty or full) one mile, which is a measure of cost efficiencies.

(j)Included 10,421 Employees participating in the Extended Emergency Time Off program as of December 31, 2020. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

(k)Included 32 and 34 Boeing MAX 737 aircraft in long-term storage as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. See Note 17 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

(l)Included 60 Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft removed from active fleet and remained in long-term storage as of December 31, 2020.

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