Air Carrier Profile of Reporting U.S. Carriers
Air Carrier Profile of Reporting U.S. Carriers
FINANCIAL | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | R2000 | P2001 |
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Operating revenues, total MNLR ($ thousands) | 2,884,277 | 9,289,658 | 32,882,441 | 75,950,863 | 88,313,422 | 94,318,533 | 101,937,346 | 109,567,602 | 113,465,078 | 119,038,452 | 130,299,258 | 115,019,000 |
Domestic MNLR a,b | 2,178,339 | 7,180,161 | 26,440,297 | 57,960,508 | 65,948,993 | 70,885,050 | 76,890,526 | 82,249,568 | 86,493,789 | 90,931,479 | 98,895,837 | 86,208,701 |
Majors, all services | 3 1,942,635 | 3 6,272,775 | 7 23,012,073 | 14 53,333,552 | 14 59,846,676 | 14 64,317,169 | 14 70,036,709 | 14 74,942,391 | 14 77,650,810 | 14 82,615,015 | 14 89,290,585 | 14 78,610,562 |
Nationals, all services | 146,481 | 736,831 | 3,182,418 | 15 4,167,552 | 15 5,465,021 | 15 5,935,773 | 15 5,990,391 | 15 6,163,458 | 15 8,113,690 | 15 7,789,636 | 15 9,104,701 | 15 7,147,710 |
Large regionals, all services | N | N | 245,806 | 16 459,404 | 16 637,296 | 16 632,108 | 16 863,426 | 16 1,143,719 | 16 729,289 | 16 526,828 | 16 500,551 | 16 450,429 |
International MNLR | 705,938 | 2,109,497 | 6,442,144 | 17,990,355 | 22,364,429 | 23,433,483 | 25,046,820 | 27,318,034 | 26,971,289 | 28,106,973 | 31,403,421 | 28,810,299 |
Majors, all services | 705,938 | 2,109,497 | 8 5,976,221 | 14 16,761,376 | 14 19,222,842 | 14 19,892,111 | 14 21,524,274 | 14 23,608,853 | 14 23,356,233 | 14 24,671,152 | 14 28,100,884 | 14 25,872,642 |
Nationals, all services | N | N | 465,923 | 15 901,352 | 15 2,697,137 | 15 3,282,606 | 15 3,326,467 | 15 3,376,014 | 15 3,161,212 | 15 3,142,217 | 15 2,909,590 | 15 2,483,359 |
Large regionals, all services | N | N | N | 16 327,627 | 16 444,450 | 16 258,766 | 16 196,079 | 16 333,166 | 16 453,844 | 16 293,604 | 16 392,947 | 16 454,298 |
Operating expenses, total MNLR ($ thousands) | 2,717,754 | 9,067,273 | 33,108,094 | 77,867,566 | 85,599,958 | 88,454,956 | 95,728,276 | 100,980,807 | 104,137,267 | 110,635,417 | 123,314,280 | 125,058,578 |
Domestic MNLRa | 2,052,094 | 7,001,668 | 26,465,999 | 58,953,086 | 63,757,937 | 66,119,699 | 71,573,073 | 75,731,215 | 78,388,515 | 84,328,320 | 93,578,562 | 94,302,619 |
Majors, all services | 1,907,785 | 6,256,039 | 7 23,150,527 | 14 54,209,401 | 14 57,824,115 | 14 59,721,080 | 14 64,793,763 | 14 68,307,270 | 14 70,114,852 | 14 76,506,077 | 14 84,208,514 | 14 86,375,906 |
Nationals, all services | 144,309 | 745,629 | 3,058,289 | 15 4,297,823 | 15 5,285,783 | 15 5,750,372 | 15 5,847,797 | 15 6,163,923 | 15 7,500,451 | 15 7,299,934 | 15 8,824,795 | 15 7,441,752 |
Large regionals, all services | N | N | 257,183 | 16 445,862 | 16 648,039 | 16 648,247 | 16 931,513 | 16 1,260,021 | 16 773,212 | 16 522,309 | 16 545,253 | 16 484,961 |
International MNLR | 665,660 | 2,065,605 | 6,642,095 | 18,914,480 | 21,842,021 | 22,335,257 | 24,155,203 | 25,249,593 | 25,748,752 | 26,307,097 | 29,735,718 | 30,755,959 |
Majors, all services | 665,660 | 2,065,605 | 8 6,171,366 | 14 17,746,006 | 14 18,875,302 | 14 19,061,258 | 14 20,807,517 | 14 21,688,642 | 14 22,321,441 | 14 23,218,938 | 14 26,645,342 | 14 27,655,517 |
Nationals, all services | N | N | 470,729 | 15 853,361 | 15 2,503,462 | 15 3,025,707 | 15 3,166,097 | 15 3,253,249 | 15 3,014,282 | 15 2,815,341 | 15 2,659,021 | 15 2,622,724 |
Large regionals, all services | N | N | N | 16 315,113 | 16 463,257 | 16 248,292 | 16 181,589 | 16 307,702 | 16 413,029 | 16 272,819 | 16 431,355 | 16 477,718 |
INVENTORY c | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | R2000 | P2001 |
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Number of large carriersd | 55 | 39 | 66 | 59 | 80 | 89 | 90 | 82 | 80 | 82 | R76 | 69 |
Majors | N | N | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Nationals | N | N | 18 | 15 | 23 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 31 | R33 | 27 |
Regionals | N | N | 34 | 32 | 46 | 51 | 47 | 38 | 40 | 38 | 29 | 27 |
Number of large carrier aircraft available for service2 | 2,135 | 2,690 | 2,818 | 4,727 | 5,221 | 5,567 | 5,961 | 5,770 | 6,144 | 6,254 | 6,522 | 6,081 |
Majors | N | N | 2,071 | 3,854 | 4,085 | 4,039 | 4,422 | 4,352 | 4,605 | 4,711 | 5,118 | 4,996 |
Nationals | N | N | 432 | 650 | 819 | 1,143 | 1,167 | 967 | 1,113 | 1,319 | 1,182 | 952 |
Regionals | N | N | 315 | 223 | 317 | 385 | 372 | 451 | 426 | 224 | 222 | 133 |
Number of employees | ||||||||||||
Total domestic and international1 | 169,872 | 304,690 | 354,264 | 588,926 | 585,427 | 610,363 | 634,866 | 656,243 | 696,408 | 728,495 | 732,049 | 653,488 |
Majors | 118,189 | 214,021 | 318,973 | 549,100 | 526,379 | 533,313 | 564,631 | 597,953 | 623,389 | 650,267 | 672,294 | 607,857 |
Nationals | 12,470 | 24,913 | 29,922 | 32,077 | 46,670 | 59,444 | 56,586 | 47,662 | 59,620 | 68,138 | 56,056 | 41,865 |
Regionals | N | N | 5,369 | 7,749 | 12,378 | 17,606 | 13,649 | 10,628 | 13,399 | 10,090 | 3,699 | 3,766 |
PERFORMANCE | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | R2000 | P2001 |
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Aircraft revenue-miles (thousands) | ||||||||||||
Domesticb | ||||||||||||
Large carriers, all servicesa | 4 858,451 | 4 2,067,598 | 9 2,523,375 | 17 3,963,263 | 17 4,379,830 | 17 4,629,394 | 17 4,811,453 | 17 4,910,948 | 17 5,034,691 | 17 5,332,483 | 17 5,664,281 | 17 5,549,881 |
Major, all servicesa | 716,961 | 1,778,065 | 2,113,669 | 18 3,547,339 | 18 3,760,064 | 18 3,953,287 | 18 4,083,664 | 18 4,191,113 | 18 4,260,052 | 18 4,598,092 | 18 4,784,663 | 18 4,676,556 |
Nationals, all servicesa | 94,794 | 247,055 | 330,528 | 19 351,946 | 19 519,312 | 19 569,641 | 19 614,519 | 19 594,241 | 19 702,913 | 19 668,646 | 19 813,061 | 19 815,036 |
Large regionals, all servicesa | N | N | 56,995 | 20 60,542 | 20 78,573 | 20 85,363 | 20 96,573 | 20 112,682 | 20 51,199 | 20 47,438 | 20 52,941 | 20 33,365 |
International | ||||||||||||
Large carriers, all servicesa | 181,605 | 474,666 | 10 400,971 | 21 760,338 | 21 979,765 | 21 997,658 | 21 1,043,313 | 21 1,113,816 | 21 1,192,489 | 21 1,225,218 | 21 1,281,706 | 21 1,258,047 |
Major, all servicesa | N | N | 330,391 | 22 666,231 | 22 809,242 | 22 822,283 | 22 859,483 | 22 917,109 | 22 1,003,726 | 22 1,053,219 | 22 1,117,712 | 22 1,117,172 |
Nationals, all servicesa | N | N | 66,499 | 23 48,812 | 23 119,839 | 23 141,870 | 23 150,147 | 23 145,821 | 23 145,494 | 23 138,135 | 23 132,497 | 23 115,150 |
Large regionals, all servicesa | N | N | 2,948 | 24 60,542 | 24 41,067 | 24 27,761 | 24 22,519 | 24 47,138 | 24 40,398 | 24 29,474 | 24 27,890 | 24 21,298 |
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and internationala | N | N | 23,204 | 11 9,017 | 11 31,500 | 11 28,847 | 11 27,861 | 11 16,660 | 11 21,024 | 11 22,697 | 11 17,223 | 11 29,351 |
Total large carriersa | 1,040,056 | 2,542,264 | 2,924,346 | 4,723,601 | 5,359,595 | 5,627,052 | 5,854,766 | 6,024,764 | 6,227,180 | 6,557,701 | 7,056,534 | 6,807,928 |
Aircraft revenue-hours | ||||||||||||
Domesticb | ||||||||||||
Large carriers, all servicesa | 3,672,900 | 5,133,161 | 9 6,247,795 | 17 9,717,375 | 17 10,721,374 | 17 11,378,134 | 17 11,871,886 | 17 12,060,253 | 17 12,445,483 | 17 13,091,273 | 17 13,905,472 | 17 13,510,365 |
Major, all servicesa | 2,802,317 | 4,066,480 | 4,941,327 | 18 8,524,236 | 18 8,864,840 | 18 9,257,260 | 18 9,584,525 | 18 9,828,418 | 18 9,957,390 | 18 10,863,178 | 18 11,308,820 | 18 11,019,406 |
Nationals, all servicesa | 606,146 | 908,935 | 919,187 | 19 1,016,491 | 19 1,579,771 | 19 1,839,835 | 19 1,981,219 | 19 1,882,975 | 19 2,299,916 | 19 2,053,335 | 19 2,419,285 | 19 2,314,886 |
Large regionals, all servicesa | N | N | 267,522 | 20 167,826 | 20 223,951 | 20 223,007 | 20 260,985 | 20 315,506 | 20 143,197 | 20 126,602 | 20 142,900 | 20 94,600 |
International | ||||||||||||
Large carriers, all servicesa | 608,736 | 977,325 | 10 819,518 | 21 1,556,760 | 21 1,978,381 | 21 2,021,060 | 21 2,113,467 | 21 2,235,441 | 21 2,394,095 | 21 2,456,726 | 21 2,595,893 | 21 2,555,827 |
Major, all servicesa | N | N | 668,199 | 22 1,351,349 | 22 1,607,155 | 22 1,634,465 | 22 1,712,416 | 22 1,819,583 | 22 1,992,776 | 22 2,090,817 | 22 2,229,167 | 22 2,234,964 |
Nationals, all servicesa | N | N | 140,329 | 23 101,533 | 23 251,902 | 23 314,066 | 23 329,311 | 23 309,948 | 23 311,540 | 23 290,582 | 23 299,259 | 23 265,463 |
Large regionals, all servicesa | N | N | 7,583 | 24 88,641 | 24 97,967 | 24 59,572 | 24 48,619 | 24 97,304 | 24 83,437 | 24 62,658 | 24 60,381 | 24 46,005 |
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and internationala | N | N | 123,411 | 11 24,059 | 11 74,169 | 11 70,989 | 11 68,278 | 11 41,960 | 11 51,322 | 11 60,827 | 11 41,553 | 11 90,868 |
Total large carriersa | 4,281,636 | 6,110,486 | 7,190,724 | 11,298,194 | 12,699,755 | 13,399,194 | 13,985,353 | 14,295,694 | 14,839,578 | 15,547,999 | 16,501,365 | 16,066,192 |
Revenue passenger-miles (thousands) | ||||||||||||
Domesticb | ||||||||||||
Large carriers, all services | 31,098,944 | 108,441,978 | 9 204,367,599 | 17 345,872,950 | 17 388,398,689 | 17 403,887,802 | 17 434,651,687 | 17 450,612,482 | 17 463,262,198 | 17 488,356,869 | 17 516,128,630 | 17 486,459,389 |
Majors, all services | 29,430,428 | 99,903,229 | 182,984,795 | 18 327,112,620 | 18 352,063,855 | 18 368,701,100 | 18 395,099,254 | 18 410,906,050 | 18 421,217,665 | 18 451,399,646 | 18 472,284,794 | 18 440,400,186 |
Nationals, all services | 1,170,779 | 7,642,071 | 20,466,712 | 19 16,756,818 | 19 31,339,182 | 19 29,255,179 | 19 33,000,546 | 19 33,241,082 | 19 37,699,063 | 19 33,267,469 | 19 40,549,113 | 19 43,522,761 |
Large regionals, all services | N | N | 711,868 | 20 1,752,615 | 20 3,757,414 | 20 4,381,267 | 20 5,443,071 | 20 5,778,338 | 20 3,124,802 | 20 2,627,816 | 20 2,527,254 | 20 1,709,092 |
International | ||||||||||||
Large carriers, all services | 4 8,950,672 | 4 39,695,392 | 10 63,354,387 | 21 126,362,697 | 21 149,107,689 | 21 154,869,249 | 21 161,512,010 | 21 169,356,100 | 21 172,255,197 | 21 180,269,038 | 21 192,797,653 | 21 178,381,912 |
Majors, all services | N | N | 54,318,160 | 22 118,268,507 | 22 133,299,897 | 22 137,986,520 | 22 145,330,811 | 22 153,564,956 | 22 157,398,986 | 22 168,175,060 | 22 181,585,899 | 22 169,325,350 |
Nationals, all services | N | N | 8,659,592 | 23 6,794,533 | 23 13,459,194 | 23 16,128,695 | 23 14,681,127 | 23 13,616,245 | 23 13,471,798 | 23 9,649,710 | 23 8,447,916 | 23 7,759,741 |
Large regionals, all services | N | N | 330,288 | 24 1,219,706 | 24 1,964,944 | 24 676,925 | 24 505,337 | 24 2,148,486 | 24 1,097,330 | 24 2,145,931 | 24 2,675,654 | 24 1,185,896 |
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and internationala | N | N | 250,571 | 11 330,848 | 11 1,621,892 | 11 1,627,365 | 11 2,103,551 | 11 713,425 | 11 1,507,751 | 11 1,360,275 | 11 855,653 | 11 938,275 |
Total large carriersa | 40,049,616 | 148,137,370 | 267,972,557 | 472,566,495 | 537,506,378 | 558,757,051 | 596,163,697 | 619,968,582 | 635,517,395 | 668,625,907 | 708,926,283 | 664,841,301 |
Average passenger revenue / passenger-mile for MNLR | ||||||||||||
(Domestic, scheduled service) | 6.09 | 6.00 | 11.49 | 13.43 | 13.12 | 13.48 | 13.76 | 13.97 | 14.08 | 13.72 | 14.35 | 13.15 |
Average passenger fare for MNLR | ||||||||||||
(Domestic, scheduled service) | 30.01 | 40.65 | 84.60 | 107.86 | 103.21 | 106.66 | 110.37 | 114.10 | R114.08 | R114.99 | 121.27 | 112.17 |
Revenue passenger enplanements (thousands) | ||||||||||||
Domesticb | ||||||||||||
Large carriers, all servicesa | 4 56,352 | 4 153,662 | 9 275,182 | 17 428,767 | 17 489,351 | 17 506,789 | 17 538,394 | 17 548,735 | 17 566,951 | 17 589,170 | 17 616,778 | 17 574,868 |
Major, all servicesa | 48,678 | 122,866 | 223,237 | 18 393,927 | 18 428,328 | 18 441,650 | 18 466,743 | 18 478,253 | 18 486,903 | 18 519,760 | 18 537,379 | 18 496,453 |
Nationals, all servicesa | 5,949 | 26,726 | 47,145 | 19 32,015 | 19 53,361 | 19 55,656 | 19 62,183 | 19 61,316 | 19 74,281 | 19 65,072 | 19 76,092 | 19 75,600 |
Large regionals, all servicesa | N | N | 3,748 | 20 2,566 | 20 6,138 | 20 7,136 | 20 7,887 | 20 8,203 | 20 4,352 | 20 3,152 | 20 2,226 | 20 1,343 |
International | ||||||||||||
Large carriers, all servicesa | 5,904 | 16,620 | 10 26,514 | 21 46,126 | 21 51,330 | 21 52,864 | 21 54,515 | 21 56,767 | 21 57,759 | 21 57,702 | 21 60,828 | 21 56,671 |
Major, all servicesa | N | N | 23,949 | 22 42,207 | 22 42,702 | 22 44,155 | 22 46,302 | 22 48,614 | 22 49,610 | 22 50,604 | 22 53,157 | 22 50,077 |
Nationals, all servicesa | N | N | 2,343 | 23 2,632 | 23 6,608 | 23 8,114 | 23 7,401 | 23 6,896 | 23 7,038 | 23 5,446 | 23 5,788 | 23 5,686 |
Large regionals, all servicesa | N | N | 149 | 24 1,246 | 24 1,741 | 24 556 | 24 405 | 24 1,231 | 24 940 | 24 1,404 | 24 1,810 | 24 806 |
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and internationala | N | N | 1,125 | 11 300 | 11 1,803 | 11 2,386 | 11 1,988 | 11 989 | 11 1,586 | 11 1,434 | 11 1,154 | 11 1,574 |
Total large carriersa | 62,256 | 169,922 | 302,821 | 475,193 | 540,681 | 559,653 | 592,909 | 605,502 | 624,710 | 646,872 | 677,606 | 631,539 |
Revenue passenger | ||||||||||||
Load factor (percent) (scheduled service) | ||||||||||||
Domesticb | ||||||||||||
Large carriers | 58.5 | 48.9 | 9 58.0 | 17 60.4 | 64.7 | 17 65.4 | 17 67.9 | 17 69.1 | 17 70.0 | 17 69.8 | 17 71.2 | 17 69.1 |
Majors | 59.5 | 49.3 | 58.1 | 18 60.6 | 65.0 | 18 65.7 | 18 68.5 | 18 69.7 | 18 70.4 | 18 70.3 | 18 71.6 | 18 69.3 |
Nationals | 41.9 | 43.6 | 58.4 | 19 56.6 | 62.6 | 19 61.9 | 19 61.5 | 19 63.2 | 19 65.1 | 19 64.7 | 19 66.5 | 19 67 |
Large regionals | N | N | 47.7 | 20 48.7 | 60.0 | 20 56 | 20 60.4 | 20 60.7 | 20 58.8 | 20 42.4 | 20 59.2 | 20 70.4 |
International | ||||||||||||
Large carriers | 62.2 | 53.0 | 10 62.8 | 21 69.1 | 70.6 | 21 71.8 | 21 73.3 | 21 74.1 | 21 72.8 | 21 74.4 | 21 76.0 | 21 72.8 |
Majors | N | N | 62.8 | 22 69.1 | 70.8 | 22 72.1 | 22 73.7 | 22 74.4 | 22 72.9 | 22 74.5 | 22 76.1 | 22 72.9 |
Nationals | N | N | 65.5 | 23 73.4 | 68.2 | 23 67.7 | 23 67.8 | 23 69.6 | 23 70.9 | 23 73.7 | 23 73.4 | 23 70 |
Large regionals | N | N | 73.9 | 24 66.5 | 46.8 | 24 44.5 | 24 0.0 | 24 64.9 | 24 46.0 | 24 U | 24 58.0 | 24 67 |
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and internationala | N | N | 11 46.7 | 11 0.0 | 53.8 | 11 59.3 | 11 66.7 | 11 49.7 | 11 58.2 | 11 58.3 | 11 35.5 | 11 51.6 |
U.S. international passenger travel, flag of carrier | ||||||||||||
Passenger-arrivals (thousands) | ||||||||||||
United States | 5 1,332 | 5 5,531 | 12 10,031 | 12 19,145 | 23,291 | 25 24,582 | 12 25,148 | 12 26,744 | 12 27,390 | 12 27,462 | 12 29,837 | 12 27,985 |
Foreign | 1,234 | 4,343 | 10,231 | 17,269 | 20,527 | 22,328 | 24,704 | 27,571 | 28,791 | 30,324 | 32,380 | 28,715 |
Passenger-departures (thousands) | ||||||||||||
United States | 1,200 | 4,949 | 9,369 | 17,628 | 21,355 | 22,231 | 22,901 | 24,302 | 24,513 | 25,457 | 27,431 | 25,483 |
Foreign | 1,136 | 4,147 | 9,886 | 16,418 | 18,993 | 20,795 | 22,884 | 25,382 | 26,350 | 28,399 | 30,068 | 27,111 |
Total revenue ton-miles (thousands)e | ||||||||||||
Domesticb | ||||||||||||
Large carriers, all services | 4 3,732,949 | 4 13,876,802 | 9 24,964,907 | 17 43,651,162 | 50,631,589 | 17 52,910,081 | 17 56,326,750 | 17 58,658,887 | 17 60,199,459 | 17 63,032,722 | 17 66,595,204 | 17 61,945,030 |
Majors, all services | 3,332,483 | 12,589,057 | 21,427,534 | 18 39,107,033 | 44,952,734 | 18 47,015,642 | 18 50,096,661 | 18 52,254,323 | 18 53,424,349 | 18 56,696,427 | 18 59,095,406 | 18 54,678,441 |
Nationals, all services | 121,157 | 850,477 | 3,336,057 | 19 3,561,283 | 4,510,285 | 19 4,996,345 | 19 231,398 | 19 5,317,576 | 19 6,012,665 | 19 5,705,158 | 19 6,799,198 | 19 6,519,158 |
Large regionals, all services | N | N | 180,042 | 20 945,929 | 1,002,552 | 20 718,659 | 20 863,449 | 20 971,942 | 20 508,172 | 20 507,053 | 20 588,975 | 20 512,007 |
International | ||||||||||||
Large carriers, all services | 1,291,336 | 6,308,701 | 10 9,689,067 | 21 19,975,915 | 24,879,791 | 21 26,295,684 | 21 28,177,721 | 21 30,944,299 | 21 31,481,513 | 21 32,810,136 | 21 35,161,431 | 21 32,432,059 |
Majors, all services | N | N | 7,377,733 | 22 17,803,825 | 20,681,991 | 22 21,517,789 | 22 22,880,295 | 22 24,971,379 | 22 25,794,344 | 22 27,949,876 | 22 30,683,564 | 22 28,311,386 |
Nationals, all services | N | N | 2,261,534 | 23 1,229,849 | 3,201,089 | 23 4,116,380 | 23 4,603,920 | 23 4,657,365 | 23 4,376,654 | 23 4,257,520 | 23 3,815,162 | 23 3,469,902 |
Large regionals, all services | N | N | 44,438 | 24 835,701 | 862,184 | 24 513,476 | 24 396,142 | 24 1,240,303 | 24 1,269,602 | 24 566,689 | 24 565,198 | 24 495,968 |
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and internationala | N | N | 28,178 | 11 143,457 | 300,545 | 11 327,474 | 11 432,606 | 11 190,298 | 11 265,186 | 11 160,135 | 11 209,132 | 11 390,227 |
Total large carriersa | 5,024,285 | 20,185,503 | 34,682,153 | 63,770,534 | 75,511,380 | 79,205,765 | 84,504,471 | 89,603,186 | 91,650,972 | 95,842,858 | 101,756,635 | 94,377,089 |
Revenue ton-miles of freight (thousands) | ||||||||||||
Domesticb | ||||||||||||
Large carriers, all services | 552,756 | 2,708,900 | 9 4,528,316 | 17 9,063,864 | 11,802,778 | 17 12,520,057 | 17 12,860,845 | 17 13,601,412 | 17 13,839,605 | 17 14,201,933 | 17 14,982,615 | 17 13,287,603 |
Majors, all services | 321,176 | U | 3,129,087 | 18 6,395,767 | 9,746,354 | 18 10,145,537 | 18 10,586,741 | 18 11,163,518 | 18 11,302,583 | 18 11,556,463 | 18 11,866,926 | 18 10,630,939 |
Nationals, all services | 3,850 | U | 1,289,510 | 19 1,885,600 | 1,387,322 | 19 2,070,570 | 19 1,931,201 | 19 1,993,498 | 19 2,239,140 | 19 2,378,206 | 19 2,744,086 | 19 2,166,601 |
Large regionals, all services | N | N | 108,864 | 20 770,670 | 626,842 | 20 280,512 | 20 318,542 | 20 398,153 | 20 195,791 | 20 249,706 | 20 337,068 | 20 341,096 |
International | ||||||||||||
Large carriers, all services | 4 268,156 | 4 1,566,105 | 10 3,353,371 | 21 7,339,660 | 9,970,189 | 21 10,854,620 | 21 12,031,634 | 21 14,008,685 | 21 14,262,373 | 21 14,782,231 | 21 15,880,424 | 21 14,594,020 |
Majors, all services | N | N | 1,945,660 | 22 5,976,973 | 7,351,998 | 22 7,719,138 | 22 8,347,214 | 22 9,614,881 | 22 10,054,448 | 22 11,132,370 | 22 12,524,977 | 22 11,378,851 |
Nationals, all services | N | N | 1,395,575 | 23 550,409 | 1,855,167 | 23 2,549,371 | 23 3,140,921 | 23 3,295,738 | 23 3,035,853 | 23 3,291,549 | 23 2,970,370 | 23 2,693,927 |
Large regionals, all services | N | N | 11,409 | 24 713,733 | 666,863 | 24 445,783 | 24 345,609 | 24 1,025,455 | 24 1,159,869 | 24 352,095 | 24 296,387 | 24 377,380 |
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and internationala | N | N | 3,124 | 11 110,372 | 138,421 | 11 163,766 | 11 222,251 | 11 118,854 | 11 114,294 | 11 23,775 | 11 123,225 | 11 292,829 |
Total large carriersa | 820,907 | 3,755,436 | 7,884,811 | 16,513,896 | 21,772,967 | 23,374,677 | 24,892,479 | 27,610,097 | 28,101,978 | 28,984,164 | 30,863,039 | 27,881,623 |
SAFETY | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | R2000 | P2001 |
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Air carrier fatalities, totala | 6 499 | 6 146 | 143 | R96 | 327 | 229 | 457 | 93 | 46 | 62 | 168 | 604 |
Operating under 14 CFR 121 (airlines) | ||||||||||||
Scheduled services | N | N | 13 0 | 13 39 | 239 | 13 166 | 13 342 | 13 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 92 | 531 |
Nonscheduled services | N | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Operating under 14 CFR 135 | ||||||||||||
Scheduled services (commuters) | N | N | 37 | R6 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 13 |
Nonscheduled services (on-demand air taxis) | N | N | 105 | 51 | 63 | 52 | 63 | 39 | 45 | 38 | 71 | 60 |
Air carrier accidents, totala | 6 90 | 6 55 | 228 | 146 | 118 | 123 | 138 | 147 | 135 | 138 | R150 | 119 |
Operating under 14 CFR 121 (airlines) | ||||||||||||
Scheduled services | N | N | 15 | 22 | 19 | 34 | 32 | 44 | 43 | R47 | R51 | 36 |
Nonscheduled services | N | N | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | R5 | R6 | 4 |
Operating under 14 CFR 135 | ||||||||||||
Scheduled services (commuters) | N | N | 38 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 7 |
Nonscheduled services (on-demand air taxis) | N | N | 171 | 107 | 85 | 75 | 90 | 82 | 77 | 73 | R81 | 72 |
Fatal air carrier accidents, totala | 6 17 | 6 8 | 55 | R38 | 33 | 29 | 35 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 26 | 26 |
Operating under 14 CFR 121 (airlines) | ||||||||||||
Scheduled services | N | N | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Nonscheduled services | N | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Operating under 14 CFR 135 | ||||||||||||
Scheduled services (commuters) | N | N | 8 | R3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Nonscheduled services (on-demand air taxis) | N | N | 46 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 18 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; MNLR = majors, nationals, and large regionals; P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are not available.
a Totals include data not in table; thus totals may not equal sum of table data.
b Domestic encompasses operations within and between the 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. It also encompasses Canadian and Mexican transborder operations (U.S. airlines only). All other operations are considered international.
c Includes scheduled and nonscheduled (charter) operators. By Sec. 2 of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 "charter air carrier" and "charter air transportation" replaced supplemental air carriers and supplemental air transportation, which were formerly Sec. 101(36) and (37) of the Act. The 24 pre-deregulation supplemental carriers now have scheduled service authority.
d Total includes only those carriers who have reported employment statistics to BTS' Office of Airline Information.
e Total Revenue Ton-Miles includes passenger, freight, express, and mail.
SOURCES
Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.
1 U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, http://www.bts.gov/oai/employees/employees.html as of Sept. 4, 2002.
2 Ibid., personal communication, Sept. 10, 2002.
3 Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 and 1973 (Washington, DC), pp. 69 and 71.
4 Ibid., 1973, (Washington, DC), Part III, tables 2, 4, 7, and 13.
5 U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Report of Passenger Travel Between the U.S. and Foreign Countries, 1960, 1970 (Washington, DC).
6 National Transportation Safety Board, Internet site http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/stats.htm as of August 2002, personal communication.
7 Civil Aeronautics Board, Air Carrier Financial Statistics, December 1981 (Washington, DC), pp. 3/28, 44.
8 Ibid., pp. 42 and 44.
9 Civil Aeronautics Board, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics, December 1981 (Washington, DC), pp. 2, 5, 46, and 84.
10 Ibid., pp. 3, 6, 85, and 115.
11 U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, (pre-1995, U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration), Air Carrier Traffic Statistics, (Washington, DC: Annual December issue), p. 187 and similar pages in earlier editions.
12 U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. International Air Travel Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables IIa and IId.
13 National Transportation Safety Board, Internet site http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/stats.htm as of August 2002, tables 6-9.
14 U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, (pre-1995, U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration), Air Carrier Financial Statistics, (Washington, DC: Annual December issue) p. 3.
15 Ibid., p. 37 and similar pages in earlier editions.
16 Ibid., pp. 72-73 and similar pages in earlier editions.
17 U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, (pre-1995, U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration), Air Carrier Traffic Statistics, (Washington, DC: Annual December issue), p. 2.
18 Ibid., p. 5.
19 Ibid., p. 67 and similar pages in earlier editions.
20 Ibid., p. 148 and similar pages in earlier editions.
21 U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, (pre-1995, U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration), Air Carrier Traffic Statistics, (Washington, DC: Annual December issue), p. 3.
22 Ibid., p. 6
23 Ibid., p. 68 and similar pages in earlier editions.
24 Ibid., p. 149 and similar pages in earlier editions.
25 U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, U.S. International Air Passenger Statistics Report, Calendar Year 1995, (Washington, DC), tables IIa and IId.