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Number 270 - Air Carrier Groupings 2004

Thursday, August 8, 2024

Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information
Number 270
Issue Date: September 19, 2003
Effective Date: January 1, 2004
Part 241, Section 04

This Accounting and Reporting Directives updates the reporting groups for filing the Form 41 report during calendar year 2004. From our review, we updated the carrier groupings as follows:

Air Carrier New Reporting Group
Allegiant Air Group I Over $20 Million
Kalitta Air Group II
Omni Air Express Group II
Zantop Group Under $20 Million

Carriers are grouped according to the operating revenue boundaries contained in Section 04 of Part 241. The current reporting levels are:

Group III Over $1 billion
Group II Over $100 million to $1 billion
Group I $100 million and under
Subgroups  
Group I $20 million to $100 million
Group I Under $20 million

Changes in the reporting groups will become effective January 1, 2004. Any questions regarding the groupings should be directed to Mr. Bernie Stankus on (202) 366-4387 or at bernard.stankus@bts.gov(link sends e-mail).

Donald W. Bright
Assistant Director 
Airline Information

ATTACHMENT

Group III Air Carriers - 15

Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
American Eagle Airlines
American Trans Air
America West
Continental
ExpressJet Airlines d/b/a Continental Express
Delta Air Lines
Federal Express
Northwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines
UPS
USAirways
World Airways *

* Reporting in Group III by waiver.

Group II Air Carriers - 29

AirTran
Air Transport Int'l
Air Wisconsin
Aloha Airlines
Arrow Air, Inc.
Atlantic Coast
Atlantic Southeast
Atlas Air
Champion Air
Continental Micronesia
DHL Airways
Evergreen Int'l
Executive Airlines
Frontier Airlines
Gemini Air Cargo
Hawaiian Airlines
Horizon Air
Jet Blue
Kalitta Air
Mesa Airlines
Mesaba Airlines
Midwest Express
North American Airlines
Omni Air Express
Polar Air Cargo
Ryan Int’l Airlines
Skywest
Spirit Air Lines
Trans States Airlines

Group I Air Carriers (Over $20 Million Operating Revenues) - 23

Aerodynamics, Inc.
Allegiant
Amerijet Int'l Airlines
Capital Cargo International
Casino Express
Express.Net
Falcon Air
Florida West Airlines, Inc.
Freedom Airlines
Kitty Hawk Air Cargo
Lynden Air Cargo
Miami Air Int'l
Northern Air Cargo, Inc.
Pace Airlines
Pan American Airlines
Southeast
Southern Air
Sun Country Airlines
Tatonduk
Tradewinds Airlines
Transmeridian Airlines
USA Jet Airlines
USA 3000

Group I Air Carriers (Under $20 Million Operating Revenues) - 13

Ameristar Air Cargo
Asian Pacific
BNJ Charter
Centurion
Custom Air Transport
Express One Int’l
Gulf & Caribbean
Planet Airways
Sierra Pacific Airlines
Sky King
Sun World International
Trans-Air Link
Zantop