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Table 3. Top 10 Airlines, ranked by 2018 System* Scheduled Enplanements

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

Dataset Table:

2018 Rank Carrier 2018 Enplaned Passengers 2017 Rank 2017 Enplaned Passengers Pct. Change 2017-2018 1
1 Southwest 163.606 1 157.677 3.8 2
2 Delta 152.029 2 145.647 4.4 3
3 American 148.181 3 144.864 2.3 4
4 United 113.197 4 107.243 5.6 5
5 JetBlue 42.236 5 40.015 5.5 6
6 SkyWest 38.956 6 35.776 8.9 7
7 Alaska 33.503 7 26.067 28.5 8
8 Spirit 28.683 8 23.813 20.5 9
9 Frontier 19.433 10 16.800 15.7 10
10 Republic 18.640 9 16.932 10.1 11
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Notes:

* System equals domestic plus international
Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market