Departed Seats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
thousands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
American | 138,792 | 131,502 | 131,554 | 130,188 | 133,729 | 138,292 | 130,007 | 154,161 | 140,898 | 139,058 | 141,070 | 137,860 | 135,856 | 130,438 | 120,147 | 119,072 | 118,431 | 117,224 | 118,132 | 118,958 | 195,323 | 196,477 | 196,588 | 201,106 | 206,967 | 105,643 |
Continental | 66,447 | 62,353 | 64,589 | 68,324 | 71,756 | 72,608 | 68,939 | 63,488 | 60,082 | 61,731 | 62,031 | 65,764 | 68,720 | 66,462 | 60,976 | 58,906 | 62,534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Delta | 171,219 | 170,694 | 174,706 | 172,696 | 170,455 | 169,022 | 159,852 | 147,472 | 127,115 | 131,961 | 128,832 | 107,189 | 103,269 | 100,620 | 95,086 | 161,948 | 164,206 | 164,548 | 170,722 | 179,246 | 192,182 | 200,213 | 200,213 | 207,597 | 218,030 | 112,008 |
Northwest | 103,591 | 109,070 | 110,103 | 101,728 | 110,045 | 113,233 | 106,232 | 101,607 | 97,353 | 98,978 | 95,685 | 87,647 | 86,050 | 77,801 | 65,868 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
United | 151,622 | 152,464 | 155,500 | 156,117 | 157,620 | 153,236 | 139,542 | 121,570 | 108,806 | 112,438 | 102,579 | 104,932 | 103,502 | 96,926 | 84,855 | 79,102 | 73,693 | 130,247 | 125,134 | 124,431 | 130,602 | 137,591 | 147,637 | 154,752 | 158,584 | 65,760 |
US Airways | 104,190 | 98,941 | 98,809 | 95,277 | 96,216 | 104,228 | 100,110 | 82,344 | 67,687 | 69,047 | 68,750 | 186,245 | 182,997 | 77,664 | 72,754 | 72,950 | 73,295 | 73,919 | 76,721 | 77,957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
America West | 28,311 | 29,500 | 30,185 | 29,541 | 30,046 | 30,897 | 29,705 | 28,438 | 27,717 | 28,654 | 29,677 | 28,810 | 20,492 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
--sub Network | 764,172 | 754,523 | 765,445 | 753,871 | 769,867 | 781,516 | 734,387 | 699,080 | 629,658 | 641,868 | 628,623 | 718,446 | 700,887 | 549,911 | 499,685 | 491,979 | 492,159 | 485,938 | 490,708 | 500,592 | 518,107 | 534,281 | 544,439 | 563,455 | 583,581 | 283,411 |
Southwest | 91,881 | 99,244 | 104,758 | 107,882 | 113,905 | 121,907 | 127,254 | 128,305 | 128,745 | 133,473 | 140,404 | 149,116 | 158,421 | 162,603 | 153,565 | 152,104 | 156,345 | 185,377 | 185,636 | 181,958 | 187,609 | 195,628 | 204,098 | 211,253 | 210,161 | 139,227 |
AirTran | 126 | 1,702 | 1,929 | 8,349 | 11,098 | 11,083 | 12,231 | 15,107 | 16,937 | 19,141 | 23,504 | 29,144 | 32,693 | 32,709 | 31,587 | 31,729 | 31,929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 1,660 | 4,321 | 7,152 | 10,745 | 14,174 | 17,488 | 24,110 | 28,409 | 29,032 | 30,282 | 31,665 | 34,227 | 37,023 | 39,435 | 41,482 | 45,207 | 49,045 | 52,380 | 55,265 | 56,135 | 26,819 |
Alaska | 19,048 | 20,410 | 21,187 | 22,348 | 22,659 | 21,943 | 22,469 | 23,351 | 24,159 | 25,137 | 24,827 | 25,331 | 26,144 | 24,731 | 22,375 | 22,526 | 23,802 | 24,269 | 25,830 | 27,429 | 30,045 | 31,731 | 33,549 | 45,582 | 45,955 | 24,678 |
Virgin America | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 650 | 3,521 | 4,804 | 4,950 | 6,271 | 7,993 | 8,320 | 8,356 | 8,985 | 10,066 | 10,372 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hawaiian | 14,666 | 14,772 | 14,118 | 14,615 | 5,776 | 16,768 | 15,530 | 13,129 | 12,006 | 11,662 | 11,804 | 12,609 | 13,659 | 15,507 | 17,270 | 16,517 | 17,187 | 19,754 | 20,118 | 20,878 | 21,443 | 21,740 | 22,349 | 22,367 | 21,396 | 8,674 |
-- sub LCC | 125,720 | 136,128 | 141,994 | 153,195 | 153,438 | 173,360 | 181,805 | 187,044 | 192,593 | 203,588 | 218,026 | 240,310 | 259,977 | 268,103 | 259,883 | 259,490 | 269,762 | 274,416 | 279,338 | 280,103 | 293,289 | 308,210 | 322,749 | 334,467 | 333,646 | 199,397 |
Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | 429 | 162 | 278 | 684 | 1,169 | 1,511 | 2,747 | 3,962 | 4,858 | 6,036 | 6,609 | 6,835 | 7,989 | 8,307 | 9,308 | 11,184 | 13,359 | 14,905 | 16,489 | 18,206 | 14,763 |
Frontier | 1,603 | 2,143 | 2,621 | 2,791 | 4,171 | 4,834 | 5,424 | 6,095 | 7,823 | 9,016 | 9,788 | 11,607 | 13,594 | 13,318 | 11,928 | 11,424 | 12,508 | 12,329 | 11,990 | 13,875 | 15,411 | 17,229 | 19,789 | 23,244 | 26,755 | 16,978 |
Spirit | 859 | 1,151 | 1,531 | 2,084 | 3,496 | 4,517 | 4,806 | 5,352 | 5,484 | 6,238 | 6,045 | 6,279 | 8,878 | 8,880 | 8,032 | 8,585 | 10,156 | 12,432 | 14,449 | 16,702 | 21,522 | 26,021 | 29,402 | 34,941 | 41,450 | 26,967 |
-- sub Other | 2,461 | 3,295 | 4,152 | 4,874 | 7,666 | 9,780 | 10,391 | 11,724 | 13,991 | 16,422 | 17,344 | 20,633 | 26,434 | 27,056 | 25,997 | 26,618 | 29,498 | 32,749 | 34,746 | 39,885 | 48,116 | 56,608 | 64,096 | 74,674 | 86,412 | 58,708 |
Total All Sectors | 892,353 | 893,945 | 911,591 | 911,941 | 930,971 | 964,657 | 926,583 | 897,848 | 836,242 | 861,878 | 863,992 | 979,389 | 987,298 | 845,069 | 785,566 | 778,088 | 791,419 | 793,103 | 804,793 | 820,580 | 859,512 | 899,099 | 931,283 | 972,596 | 1,003,639 | 541,516 |
* system departures times average seat size | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data Source: US DOT Form 41, Schedules P52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||