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Air Carrier Profile

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  1960 1970 1980 1990 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Operating revenues (thousand dollars) 1                                  
Domestic total a 2,178,339 7,180,161 26,440,297 58,201,660 66,672,151 71,424,865 77,396,919 82,599,270 86,856,624 91,351,103 98,899,810 86,573,051 79,336,448 88,870,097 100,902,509 110,269,243 120,279,816
Majors, all services 1,942,635 6,272,775 23,012,073 56,138,825 59,846,676 63,226,187 69,515,318 74,942,391 77,650,810 80,800,698 89,293,771 78,599,844 71,730,250 77,196,343 85,605,321 95,955,258 110,175,124
Nationals, all services 146,481 736,831 3,182,418 1,251,559 4,888,701 6,329,602 6,109,778 5,940,674 7,225,393 9,230,210 9,016,171 7,494,385 6,961,517 10,580,912 14,064,227 13,171,292 9,200,672
Large regionals, all services N N 245,806 703,526 1,031,404 1,148,504 1,230,628 1,366,503 1,617,586 902,160 589,869 478,822 644,680 1,092,842 1,232,961 1,142,693 904,019
International total 705,938 2,109,497 6,442,144 17,824,538 22,364,429 23,432,883 25,046,819 27,318,034 26,611,331 27,958,958 31,348,410 28,706,979 27,837,150 28,897,918 33,719,280 39,535,274 44,388,011
Majors, all services 705,938 2,109,497 5,976,221 17,083,295 19,222,842 19,820,215 20,960,305 23,608,853 23,356,233 24,447,607 28,097,698 25,883,361 24,528,512 24,964,860 29,735,873 34,226,000 38,988,147
Nationals, all services N N 465,923 380,294 2,568,643 2,819,653 3,751,539 3,338,903 2,668,243 3,026,884 2,801,690 2,503,678 2,959,809 3,408,860 3,399,904 4,803,265 5,160,564
Large regionals, all services N N N 357,761 572,944 793,015 334,975 370,278 586,855 484,468 449,022 319,940 348,828 524,198 583,502 506,009 239,299
Total large-certificated a 2,884,877 9,289,658 32,882,441 76,026,198 89,036,580 94,857,748 102,443,738 109,917,304 113,467,954 119,310,062 130,248,220 115,280,030 107,173,597 117,768,015 134,621,789 149,804,516 164,667,827
Operating expenses (thousand dollars) 1                                  
Domestic total a 2,052,094 7,001,668 26,465,999 59,183,777 64,456,644 66,667,151 72,145,242 76,125,467 78,796,175 84,816,236 93,548,937 94,949,876 86,826,833 91,520,149 104,621,676 112,363,170 116,140,022
Majors, all services 1,907,785 6,256,039 23,150,527 57,138,322 57,824,115 58,694,406 64,143,384 68,307,270 70,114,852 74,834,600 84,206,809 86,611,140 79,196,985 80,810,165 89,877,864 98,352,872 106,259,194
Nationals, all services 144,309 745,629 3,058,289 1,258,274 4,666,546 6,178,809 6,058,307 5,921,639 6,672,705 8,638,079 8,726,001 7,814,067 6,958,543 9,677,656 13,501,703 12,849,910 8,985,641
Large regionals, all services N N 257,183 676,688 1,077,578 1,055,905 1,328,760 1,502,305 1,600,958 858,956 616,126 524,670 671,305 1,032,329 1,242,109 1,160,389 895,187
International total 665,660 2,065,605 6,642,095 18,757,740 21,842,021 22,335,258 24,155,202 25,249,593 25,387,024 26,157,262 29,685,280 30,649,400 28,922,103 28,340,403 31,490,257 37,059,043 41,001,911
Majors, all services 665,660 2,065,605 6,171,366 18,086,050 18,875,302 18,997,478 20,406,144 21,688,642 22,321,441 22,993,261 26,647,046 27,664,641 25,687,398 24,606,982 27,783,564 32,207,742 35,951,166
Nationals, all services N N 470,729 325,273 2,372,138 2,582,833 3,414,618 3,209,074 2,514,464 2,714,754 2,556,866 2,663,591 2,914,105 3,253,707 3,157,046 4,349,805 4,818,660
Large regionals, all services N N N 344,097 594,581 754,947 334,440 351,877 551,119 449,247 481,367 321,169 320,601 479,714 549,646 501,496 232,085
Total large-certificated a 2,717,754 9,067,273 33,108,094 77,941,517 86,298,665 89,002,409 96,300,444 101,375,060 104,183,200 110,973,499 123,234,216 125,599,276 115,748,936 119,860,552 136,111,932 149,422,213 157,141,933

Inventory for large-certificated carriersb

  1960 1970 1980 1990 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of carriers c,2                                  
Total domestic and international 55 39 (R) 52 (R) 58 (R) 66 (R) 84 (R) 88 (R) 72 (R) 74 (R) 75 (R) 66 (R) 61 (R) 62 65 69 67 66
Majors N N 14 12 11 11 12 13 13 13 14 (R) 14 13 14 14 17 20
Nationals N N (R) 16 15 (R) 22 27 31 (R) 28 27 (R) 28 (R) 29 (R) 26 (R) 25 26 28 28 25
Regionals N N (R) 22 (R) 31 (R) 33 (R) 46 (R) 45 (R) 31 (R) 34 (R) 34 (R) 23 (R) 21 (R) 24 25 27 22 21
Number of aircraft available for service 3                                  
Total domestic and international 2,135 2,690 2,818 4,727 5,221 5,567 5,961 5,770 6,144 6,254 6,522 6,081 5,819 6,675 7,051 6,750 6,758
Majors N N 2,071 3,854 4,085 4,039 4,422 4,352 4,605 4,711 5,118 4,996 4,530 4,948 4,904 5,018 5,626
Nationals N N 432 650 819 1,143 1,167 967 1,113 1,319 1,182 952 1,079 1,299 1,858 1,478 940
Regionals N N 315 223 317 385 372 451 426 224 222 133 210 428 289 254 192
Number of full-time equivalent employees c,2                                  
Total domestic and international 169,872 304,690 347,335 555,262 535,394 555,537 575,937 593,542 631,147 659,689 667,778 599,531 590,779 558,246 563,588 547,795 539,833
Majors 118,189 214,021 312,842 517,754 481,041 484,870 511,270 540,039 564,388 590,197 612,814 557,422 537,776 489,036 478,114 478,142 490,631
Nationals 12,470 24,913 29,269 30,225 42,785 54,447 51,921 43,630 54,205 60,756 51,384 38,446 48,685 64,348 78,090 63,246 41,908
Regionals N N 5,225 7,283 11,569 16,221 12,747 9,873 12,555 8,737 3,580 3,664 4,318 4,863 7,385 6,407 7,295

Performance

  1960 1970 1980 1990 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Aircraft revenue-miles (thousands) 4                                  
Domestic                                  
Certificated, all services a,d 858,451 2,067,598 2,523,375 3,963,268 4,379,929 4,629,393 4,811,447 4,939,436 5,033,144 5,332,176 5,662,443 5,549,662 5,602,737 6,086,649 6,591,637 6,714,903 6,624,022
Majors, all services 716,961 1,778,065 2,113,669 3,767,330 3,760,067 3,854,368 4,062,122 4,218,049 4,260,051 4,445,133 4,784,664 4,680,578 4,432,285 4,267,107 4,632,828 4,923,387 5,388,726
Nationals, all services 94,794 247,055 330,528 120,599 447,024 592,345 591,638 572,654 613,823 801,719 805,439 810,665 915,170 1,259,491 1,498,161 1,434,676 901,647
Large regionals, all services N N 56,995 70,881 100,478 100,004 110,976 133,571 134,852 58,329 52,390 37,399 37,516 76,478 101,418 121,016 148,692
International                                  
Certificated, all services a,d 181,605 474,666 400,971 760,334 979,769 997,656 1,043,312 1,114,063 1,186,222 1,225,217 1,281,702 1,263,543 1,221,086 1,261,917 1,403,378 1,535,929 1,594,357
Majors, all services N N 330,391 694,479 809,243 815,701 853,424 917,108 1,003,727 1,043,730 1,117,709 1,119,126 1,050,808 1,028,158 1,148,209 1,250,037 1,325,504
Nationals, all services N N 66,499 24,301 108,392 125,951 145,847 142,658 127,037 134,370 127,550 124,765 141,670 185,397 197,334 231,735 216,064
Large regionals, all services N N 2,948 33,893 46,040 48,867 32,005 39,516 51,100 41,440 30,848 15,409 25,896 41,241 49,211 40,654 36,701
Other certificated, all services, domestic and international d N N 23,204 12,120 88,454 89,811 58,747 29,942 28,775 32,674 25,545 25,264 220,478 490,693 367,854 249,326 201,045
Total certificated d 1,040,056 2,542,264 2,924,346 4,723,602 5,359,697 5,627,048 5,854,760 6,053,499 6,219,366 6,557,393 6,944,145 6,813,205 6,823,823 7,348,566 7,995,015 8,250,831 8,218,378
Aircraft revenue-hours 4                                  
Domestic                                  
Certificated, all services a,d 3,672,900 5,133,161 6,247,795 9,717,375 10,721,577 11,378,503 11,871,886 12,133,348 12,443,855 13,090,460 13,901,641 13,510,998 13,676,524 15,294,961 16,405,347 16,694,269 16,415,836
Majors, all services 2,802,317 4,066,480 4,941,327 9,053,789 8,864,840 9,023,772 9,512,983 9,898,147 9,957,390 10,349,992 11,308,820 11,028,054 10,328,412 9,862,773 10,758,395 11,519,750 12,709,883
Nationals, all services 606,146 908,935 919,187 458,621 1,362,863 1,832,909 1,934,433 1,828,382 2,002,173 2,515,044 2,403,184 2,305,781 2,407,006 3,383,803 3,917,027 3,761,623 2,373,121
Large regionals, all services N N 267,522 192,944 273,642 269,811 298,415 366,439 422,770 156,201 137,993 104,522 99,411 187,758 252,384 318,276 381,713
International                                  
Certificated, all services a,d 608,736 977,325 819,518 1,556,760 1,978,378 2,021,060 2,113,467 2,235,792 2,381,246 2,456,580 2,595,893 2,565,169 2,487,258 2,593,915 2,881,257 3,155,013 3,281,909
Majors, all services N N 668,199 1,410,263 1,607,155 1,619,755 1,699,958 1,819,583 1,992,776 2,071,507 2,229,167 2,240,214 2,105,500 2,067,148 2,317,972 2,541,139 2,692,590
Nationals, all services N N 140,329 50,293 227,077 262,285 319,919 303,335 275,180 281,706 288,953 282,776 319,353 417,332 431,858 492,092 466,897
Large regionals, all services N N 7,583 75,786 108,717 122,659 68,418 82,063 103,813 88,224 66,058 33,173 57,086 91,932 109,372 87,461 80,143
Other certificated, all services, domestic and international d N N 123,411 32,439 255,661 268,372 151,227 71,191 70,999 84,366 63,359 81,647 847,014 1,878,130 1,499,596 1,128,941 993,398
Total certificated d 4,281,636 6,110,486 7,190,724 11,274,135 12,699,955 13,399,563 13,985,353 14,369,140 14,825,101 15,547,040 16,497,534 16,076,167 16,163,782 17,888,876 19,286,604 19,849,282 19,697,745
Revenue passenger-miles (thousands) 4                                  
Domestic                                  
Certificated, all services a,d 31,098,944 108,441,978 204,367,599 345,872,950 388,410,210 403,911,656 434,651,687 452,827,860 462,753,505 488,356,869 515,621,596 486,506,043 481,195,481 505,221,674 557,890,670 583,757,943 590,634,648
Majors, all services 29,430,428 99,903,229 182,984,795 340,628,946 352,063,855 360,719,108 395,099,254 413,060,869 421,217,665 440,442,129 472,284,794 440,413,336 426,401,276 424,165,007 462,025,653 498,200,614 527,266,645
Nationals, all services 1,170,779 7,642,071 20,466,712 2,655,442 27,508,958 33,696,612 30,396,752 31,989,076 34,070,192 43,371,272 39,560,329 43,541,665 48,687,149 67,906,918 84,458,947 78,505,474 55,504,378
Large regionals, all services N N 711,868 2,285,750 5,915,731 5,646,715 6,366,240 6,860,718 6,000,206 3,205,826 2,731,996 1,747,222 1,748,996 3,595,739 5,915,613 4,850,116 5,754,152
International                                  
Certificated, all services a,d 8,950,672 39,695,392 63,354,387 126,362,697 149,107,689 154,882,007 161,512,010 169,356,100 172,179,498 180,269,038 192,797,653 178,343,116 171,998,786 168,601,124 194,173,889 211,359,416 219,471,625
Majors, all services N N 54,318,160 121,910,801 133,299,897 137,389,923 145,330,811 153,564,956 157,398,986 166,320,739 181,585,899 169,335,392 163,576,484 156,267,732 179,788,447 195,635,675 206,669,607
Nationals, all services N N 8,659,592 3,152,239 12,939,400 15,509,364 14,681,127 13,616,245 12,232,424 11,504,031 7,793,324 7,710,903 6,803,586 8,995,296 11,101,736 14,120,367 12,074,172
Large regionals, all services N N 330,288 988,679 2,484,738 1,685,684 505,337 760,809 2,261,005 2,034,607 3,218,488 1,185,896 1,540,681 3,211,186 3,200,033 1,528,876 394,327
Other certificated, all services, domestic and international d N N 250,571 613,790 3,305,320 4,146,257 3,784,176 2,331,287 1,752,525 1,747,303 1,244,419 914,745 4,436,095 9,680,920 5,574,130 2,276,237 2,442,992
Total certificated d 40,049,616 148,137,370 267,972,557 472,235,647 537,517,899 558,793,663 596,163,697 622,183,960 634,933,003 668,625,907 708,419,249 664,849,159 653,194,267 673,822,798 752,064,559 795,117,359 810,106,273
Average passenger revenue / passenger-mile 5                                  
(Domestic, scheduled service) 6.09 6.00 11.49 13.44 13.25 12.90 13.81