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Table 47-3
Air transportation — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 3.159 2.239 1.832 1.358 2.096
Profit margin (percent) -0.1 6.2 6.0 6.2 2.8
Return on equity (percent) -30.4 17.2 31.6 31.2 8.8
Return on capital employed (percent) -3.4 8.1 14.6 15.8 6.0
Working capital (ratio) 1.264 1.453 1.453 1.775 1.449
Quick ratio (ratio) 1.103 1.275 1.305 1.631 1.301
Inventory turnover (ratio) 29.151 27.834 27.707 36.064 35.874
Receivables turnover (ratio) 13.394 13.512 12.674 11.861 13.364
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 9.5 7.7 14.6 2.8 8.5
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 28.4 31.7 31.3 31.7 32.8
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 12.4 7.8 6.8 13.8 16.3
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 8.3 1.0 7.0 13.6 20.5
Operating profit, year-over-year change 96.6 5,807.4 3.4 17.1 -47.0
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 40.8 19.2 62.2 -7.0 54.3
Taxes, year-over-year change 32.9 17.5 39.3 -6.7 59.0