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Table 3. Airlines Ranked by U.S.-Based 2017 Scheduled Domestic and International Enplanements*

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

Dataset Table:

2017 Rank Carrier 2017 Enplaned Passengers 2016 Rank 2016 Enplaned Passengers Pct. Change 2016-2017
1 Southwest 157.677 1 151.740 3.9
2 Delta 145.647 3 143.076 1.8
3 American 144.864 2 144.191 0.5
4 United 107.243 4 100.119 7.1
5 JetBlue 40.015 5 38.241 4.6
6 SkyWest 35.776 6 31.203 14.7
7 Alaska 26.067 7 24.371 7.0
8 Spirit 23.813 9 20.998 13.4
9 Republic 16.932 12 12.575 34.6
10 Frontier 16.800 10 14.773 13.7

Notes:

* Includes U.S. carrier scheduled domestic and international service and foreign carrier scheduled international service to and from the United States. For U.S. carrier domestic and international service data for 2017, see the BTS December Air Traffic press release.
Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market