OPERATING SEGMENT DATA

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

OPERATING SEGMENT DATA

OPERATING SEGMENT DATA

NOTE I — OPERATING SEGMENT DATA

The Company uses the “management approach” to determine its reportable operating segments, as well as to determine the basis of reporting the operating segment information. The management approach focuses on financial information that the Company’s management uses to make decisions about operating matters. Management uses operating revenues, operating expense categories, operating ratios, operating income and key operating statistics to evaluate performance and allocate resources to the Company’s operations. ABF, which provides transportation of general commodities, represents the Company’s only reportable operating segment.

The Company eliminates intercompany transactions in consolidation. However, the information used by the Company’s management with respect to its reportable segment is before intersegment eliminations of revenues and expenses. Intersegment revenues and expenses are not significant. Further classifications of operations or revenues by geographic location are impractical and are, therefore, not provided. The Company’s foreign operations are not significant.

The following tables reflect reportable operating segment information for the Company, as well as a reconciliation of reportable segment information to the Company’s consolidated financial statements:

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30						June 30
	2011			2010			2011			2010
	($ thousands)
OPERATING REVENUES
ABF	$	458,521		$	379,443		$	860,880		$	712,468
Other revenues and eliminations	40,029			31,904			72,601			58,769
	$	498,550		$	411,347		$	933,481		$	771,237
OPERATING EXPENSES AND COSTS
ABF
Salaries, wages and benefits	$	273,262		$	248,985		$	535,755		$	485,424
Fuel, supplies and expenses	88,327			64,729			167,722			125,641
Operating taxes and licenses	11,572			10,718			22,993			21,209
Insurance	6,513			5,929			12,993			10,111
Communications and utilities	3,731			3,313			7,711			7,179
Depreciation and amortization	17,376			16,908			34,620			34,706
Rents and purchased transportation	48,384			39,849			90,857			73,941
Gain on sale of property and equipment	(784		)	(126		)	(884		)	(424		)
Other	1,951			1,734			3,548			2,958
	450,332			392,039			875,315			760,745
Other expenses and eliminations	39,220			30,118			71,160			56,568
	$	489,552		$	422,157		$	946,475		$	817,313
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)
ABF	$	8,189		(12,596		)	$	(14,435	)	$	(48,277	)
Other income and eliminations	809			1,786			1,441			2,201
	8,998			(10,810		)	(12,994		)	(46,076		)
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Interest and dividend income	273			274			516			608
Interest expense and other related financing costs	(932		)	(434		)	(1,927		)	(999		)
Other, net(1)	281			(457		)	2,892			211
	(378		)	(617		)	1,481			(180		)
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES	$	8,620		$	(11,427	)	$	(11,513	)	$	(46,256	)

(1)    Other, net includes changes in cash surrender value of life insurance policies and gains from policy proceeds.