Supplement Tables to the Annual Energy Outlook 2003


Table 54. Air Travel Energy Use
                                                     
2001-
 
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2025
                                                       
Fuel Cost (1987 dollars per million Btu)
5.1
4.4
4.2
4.5
4.1
4.0
3.9
3.9
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.1
4.1
4.2
4.2
4.3
4.3
4.4
4.4
4.5
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.7
4.7
4.8
0.3%
                                                       
Macro Variables (1996 dollars)                                                      
Gross Domestic Product
9191.4
9214.5
9439.7
9743.3
10074.5
10361.2
10666.6
11017.3
11407.9
11810.3
12258.4
12671.3
13081.8
13479.9
13892.9
14287.9
14680.7
15101.4
15540.1
16013.0
16450.0
16887.9
17362.6
17858.1
18388.7
18916.5
3.0%
Disposable Income
6630.3
6748.0
7046.8
7160.7
7248.8
7420.8
7625.9
7848.1
8094.0
8349.8
8637.2
8905.1
9181.4
9467.3
9778.5
10086.6
10394.5
10712.0
11043.2
11399.6
11713.2
12003.3
12318.1
12676.2
13061.4
13435.3
2.9%
Real Merchandise Exports
834.7
785.2
762.7
823.6
888.4
938.5
1018.7
1088.1
1171.9
1269.8
1372.8
1481.8
1595.2
1716.8
1845.5
1977.3
2115.7
2273.3
2452.6
2638.6
2827.0
3025.8
3243.9
3476.9
3719.1
3985.5
7.0%
                                                       
Yield (ticket price, 1996 dollars) 1/
13.5
12.2
13.1
13.1
12.7
12.5
12.3
12.1
12.0
11.8
11.9
11.9
11.8
11.8
11.7
11.7
11.7
11.8
11.9
12.1
12.2
12.4
12.7
13.0
13.4
13.8
0.5%
                                                       
Travel Demand (billion miles)                                                      
Revenue Passenger Miles Domestic
509.4
481.4
489.6
478.7
479.2
494.2
511.0
528.7
548.9
569.8
587.6
605.7
625.0
644.1
664.2
683.1
702.5
720.0
737.5
752.6
767.2
779.9
791.8
802.0
811.5
819.5
2.2%
Personal
278.7
248.9
272.1
260.7
259.9
268.1
277.6
287.2
298.2
309.7
319.3
329.1
339.8
350.5
361.9
372.9
384.5
394.9
405.2
414.1
422.6
429.9
436.6
442.3
447.7
452.2
2.5%
Business
230.8
232.5
217.6
218.0
219.2
226.1
233.4
241.6
250.7
260.1
268.2
276.6
285.2
293.6
302.2
310.2
318.0
325.2
332.3
338.6
344.6
350.1
355.2
359.7
363.8
367.3
1.9%
Load Factor, Domestic 2/
0.71
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.71
0.71
0.71
0.71
0.72
0.72
0.72
0.73
0.73
0.73
0.73
0.74
0.74
0.74
0.74
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.76
0.76
0.4%
Revenue Passenger Miles, International
190.3
176.5
192.1
190.6
191.2
197.4
204.3
211.8
220.1
228.7
236.1
243.7
251.8
259.9
268.4
276.4
284.3
291.5
298.6
304.8
310.7
315.9
320.7
324.8
328.7
331.9
2.7%
Load Factor, International 2/
0.76
0.74
0.76
0.76
0.76
0.76
0.76
0.77
0.77
0.77
0.77
0.77
0.77
0.77
0.78
0.78
0.78
0.78
0.78
0.78
0.79
0.79
0.79
0.79
0.79
0.79
0.3%
Revenue Ton Miles, Freight (billion)
19.9
18.0
13.6
14.4
14.6
15.6
17.1
18.3
19.9
21.7
23.7
25.7
27.9
30.2
32.6
35.2
37.9
41.0
44.5
48.3
52.1
56.1
60.6
65.3
70.4
75.9
6.2%
                                                       
Seat Miles Demanded (billion)
1167.8
1108.5
1085.7
1073.4
1074.0
1110.1
1154.9
1199.0
1249.8
1305.3
1355.4
1407.7
1462.5
1519.5
1577.9
1636.5
1695.2
1756.1
1819.3
1881.8
1942.3
2002.4
2064.0
2126.8
2189.6
2255.6
3.0%
Narrow Body Aircraft
604.1
567.7
550.5
538.8
533.7
546.2
562.5
578.2
596.6
616.9
634.1
652.0
670.6
689.8
709.2
728.1
746.7
765.8
785.5
804.3
821.9
838.8
856.0
873.2
890.0
907.7
2.0%
Wide Body Aircraft
563.7
540.8
535.2
534.6
540.2
564.0
592.4
620.9
653.2
688.4
721.2
755.7
791.8
829.7
868.7
908.3
948.5
990.3
1033.9
1077.5
1120.5
1163.6
1208.0
1253.6
1299.6
1348.0
3.9%
                                                       
Aircraft Sales                                                      
Narrow Body Aircraft
276.6
235.1
199.8
169.8
144.4
122.7
104.3
88.7
132.9
304.1
280.7
289.1
299.2
309.5
317.1
320.7
325.1
338.0
351.8
353.7
351.8
354.6
364.7
371.8
373.2
385.2
2.1%
Wide Body Aircraft
77.8
66.1
56.2
47.8
40.6
34.5
22.2
91.5
101.4
109.0
104.9
109.5
114.4
119.3
123.3
125.9
128.7
134.2
140.0
142.1
142.9
145.4
150.7
155.4
158.5
165.9
3.9%
                                                       
Aircraft Stock                                                      
Narrow Body Aircraft
5016.5
5136.0
5216.5
5264.4
5285.5
5284.1
5264.1
5228.0
5235.5
5412.9
5564.6
5721.7
5884.8
6053.1
6222.9
6389.3
6552.4
6719.9
6892.4
7057.6
7211.9
7360.5
7511.2
7662.4
7809.6
7964.7
1.8%
Wide Body Aircraft
1167.2
1215.4
1251.6
1277.2
1293.6
1302.0
1296.4
1358.6
1429.3
1506.4
1578.3
1653.6
1732.8
1815.6
1901.0
1987.7
2075.5
2167.0
2262.5
2357.9
2451.9
2546.3
2643.6
2743.3
2844.0
2949.8
3.8%
                                                       
Advanced Technology Penetration                                                      
Ultra-high Bypass
0.07
0.03
0.04
0.15
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.15
0.29
0.47
0.65
0.82
0.91
0.96
0.98
0.99
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
15.1%
Propfan
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
N/A
Thermodynamics
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
N/A
Hybrid Laminar Flow
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
N/A
Advanced Aerodynamics
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
N/A
Weight Reducing Materials
0.00
0.01
0.02
0.04
0.08
0.14
0.25
0.40
0.57
0.73
0.85
0.92
0.96
0.98
0.99
0.99
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
21.2%
                                                       
New Aircraft Efficiency 3/                                                      
Narrow Body Aircraft
49.7
50.1
50.5
50.8
51.1
51.4
51.7
52.0
52.3
52.6
53.1
53.5
53.9
54.3
54.7
55.1
55.5
55.9
56.4
56.8
57.2
57.6
58.1
58.5
58.9
59.4
0.7%
Wide Body Aircraft
59.9
60.3
60.6
60.9
61.1
61.3
61.6
61.7
62.1
62.5
62.9
63.2
63.6
64.0
64.4
65.3
66.3
67.2
67.7
68.0
68.1
68.1
68.2
68.2
68.5
68.9
0.6%
Average Aircraft
51.6
52.0
52.4
52.7
53.0
53.3
53.2
56.6
56.2
54.9
55.4
55.8
56.3
56.7
57.1
57.6
58.2
58.7
59.2
59.6
60.0
60.3
60.7
61.1
61.5
61.9
0.7%
                                                       
Aircraft Stock Efficiency 3/                                                      
Narrow Body Aircraft
46.6
46.9
47.3
47.6
47.9
48.1
48.4
48.7
49.0
49.4
49.7
50.1
50.5
50.9
51.3
51.7
52.0
52.4
52.8
53.2
53.6
54.0
54.4
54.8
55.2
55.7
0.7%
Wide Body Aircraft
56.2
56.5
56.8
57.0
57.2
57.4
57.6
57.9
58.3
58.7
59.0
59.4
59.7
60.1
60.4
60.8
61.2
61.6
62.0
62.4
62.8
63.2
63.6
63.9
64.2
64.6
0.6%
Average Aircraft
50.8
51.2
51.5
51.8
52.2
52.5
52.7
53.1
53.4
53.9
54.3
54.7
55.1
55.5
55.9
56.3
56.8
57.2
57.7
58.1
58.6
59.0
59.4
59.8
60.3
60.7
0.7%
                                                       
Fuel Consumption (trillion Btu)                                                      
Commercial                                                      
Jet Fuel
3103.3
2924.3
2844.8
2794.7
2779.7
2857.1
2956.7
3049.7
3156.9
3271.1
3371.2
3475.2
3583.3
3695.3
3809.0
3920.6
4030.0
4141.8
4256.9
4368.9
4475.8
4580.7
4688.3
4797.6
4905.5
5019.0
2.3%
Aviation Gasoline
42.6
42.5
42.4
42.3
42.3
42.3
42.2
42.2
42.2
42.2
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
0.0%
Military                                                      
Jet Fuel
476.7
501.7
518.2
552.2
560.0
555.9
557.1
557.2
558.5
560.1
561.6
562.9
567.7
574.6
581.6
588.6
595.7
602.9
610.1
617.4
624.7
632.1
639.6
647.1
654.7
662.4
1.2%
                                                       
1/ Fraction of seats filled.
2/ 1992 cents per passenger mile.
3/ Seat miles per gallon.
Btu = British thermal unit.
N/A = Not applicable.
Sources: 2001 derived using: Decision Analysis Corporation of Virginia, NEMS Transportation Sector Model: Model Maintenance Re-Estimation of the Air Travel DemandModel, Subtask 22-1(a), (September 30, 1997); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), FAA Aviation Forecasts, Fiscal Years 1998-2009, FAA-APO 98-1, and previous editions;United States Department of Transportation (DOT), Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), Fuel Cost and Consumption Tables, annual summaries,1979-1990; U.S. Department of Transportation, RSPA, Air Carrier Financial Statistics Quarterly, December 1999/1998; U.S. Department of Transportation, RSPA, Air CarrierStatistics Monthly, December 2001/2000 (Washington, DC, 2001); Greene, D.L., "Energy Efficiency Improvement Potential of Commercial Aircraft to 2010," ORNL-6622, 6/1990;Rathi, A. B. Peterson, and D. Greene, Air Transport Energy Use Model, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 1991, Draft; Energy Information Administration (EIA), State EnergyData Report 1999, DOE/EIA-0214(99) (Washington, DC, May 2001); Department of Defense, Defense Energy Support Center, Fact Book: Fiscal Year 1999; and EIA, AEO2003National Energy Modeling System run aeo2003.d110502c.
Projections: EIA AEO2003 National Energy Modeling System run aeo2003.d110502c.

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