
Airline Traffic Comparison, June 2009
Major airlines are those with an average of 100 or seats or more on regularly scheduled flights flown during June 2009. Regional carriers are those with less than 100 that are certified exclusively as Chapter 121 carriers (and fly only scheduled flights with 10 seats or more). Flights are counted by total segments flown, so a flight from New York to Los Angeles with a layover in Denver would be counted as two departures.
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Airline | Designation | Passengers | Flights | Average seats per flight |
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PSA Airlines Inc. See airline details |
Regional | 452,239 | 10,721 | 55.9 |
Piedmont Airlines See airline details |
Regional | 305,913 | 11,434 | 40.1 |
Gulfstream Int See airline details |
Regional | 38,011 | 3,907 | 19 |
Pinnacle Airlines Inc. See airline details |
Regional | 1,058,068 | 24,710 | 53.0 |
Colgan Air See airline details |
Regional | 272,509 | 9,908 | 44.8 |
American Airlines Inc. See airline details |
Major | 8,235,977 | 59,366 | 160.0 |
Alaska Airlines Inc. See airline details |
Major | 1,548,809 | 13,521 | 142.4 |
Trans States Airlines See airline details |
Regional | 225,606 | 5,676 | 50 |
JetBlue Airways See airline details |
Major | 2,188,494 | 19,543 | 134.5 |
Commutair Aka Champlain Enterprises, Inc. See airline details |
Regional | 82,741 | 3,164 | 37 |
Continental Air Lines Inc. See airline details |
Major | 4,375,653 | 31,752 | 156.9 |
Compass Airlines See airline details |
Regional | 309,713 | 5,022 | 76 |
Delta Air Lines Inc. See airline details |
Major | 6,657,955 | 45,022 | 168.2 |
Atlantic Southeast Airlines See airline details |
Regional | 1,371,151 | 29,549 | 55.9 |
AirTran Airways Corporation See airline details |
Major | 2,454,229 | 23,237 | 123.1 |
Continental Micronesia See airline details |
Major | 96,937 | 796 | 178.1 |
GoJet Airlines, LLC d/b/a United Express See airline details |
Regional | 194,133 | 3,523 | 66 |
Lynx Aviation d/b/a Frontier Airlines See airline details |
Regional | 127,386 | 2,275 | 74 |
American Eagle Airlines Inc. See airline details |
Regional | 1,511,344 | 40,174 | 49.5 |
Northwest Airlines Inc. See airline details |
Major | 4,144,860 | 32,437 | 150.6 |
Comair Inc. See airline details |
Regional | 618,454 | 13,820 | 56.5 |
Skywest Airlines Inc. See airline details |
Regional | 2,034,872 | 51,531 | 50.4 |
Executive Airlines See airline details |
Regional | 264,705 | 6,214 | 64.6 |
Horizon Air See airline details |
Regional | 667,848 | 11,930 | 74.3 |
Chautauqua Airlines Inc. See airline details |
Regional | 518,981 | 13,423 | 48.8 |
Shuttle America Corp. See airline details |
Regional | 505,828 | 10,173 | 71.6 |
Seaborne Aviation See airline details |
Regional | 16,202 | 1,568 | 14.9 |
Frontier Airlines Inc. See airline details |
Major | 969,809 | 8,018 | 133.6 |
United Air Lines Inc. See airline details |
Major | 5,411,473 | 38,757 | 162.6 |
US Airways Inc. See airline details |
Major | 4,746,638 | 40,055 | 142.4 |
Southwest Airlines Co. See airline details |
Major | 10,435,044 | 98,761 | 136.3 |
Island Air Hawaii See airline details |
Regional | 41,606 | 1,728 | 37 |
Expressjet Airlines Inc. See airline details |
Regional | 1,382,210 | 34,070 | 50 |
Mesaba Airlines See airline details |
Regional | 666,950 | 18,146 | 50.7 |
Mesa Airlines Inc. See airline details |
Regional | 1,050,939 | 21,836 | 61.1 |
Hawaiian Airlines Inc. See airline details |
Major | 771,668 | 6,748 | 144.2 |
Spirit Air Lines See airline details |
Major | 623,801 | 4,855 | 149.6 |
Great Lakes Airlines See airline details |
Regional | 53,539 | 8,328 | 20.3 |
Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp See airline details |
Regional | 546,750 | 14,132 | 50 |
USA 3000 Airlines See airline details |
Major | 88,675 | 753 | 168 |
Midwest Airline, Inc. See airline details |
Regional | 109,814 | 1,271 | 99 |
Republic Airlines See airline details |
Regional | 819,354 | 12,334 | 81.7 |
Virgin America See airline details |
Major | 347,360 | 3,057 | 135.7 |
Sun Country Airlines d/b/a Mn Airlines See airline details |
Major | 108,008 | 925 | 153.8 |
Allegiant Air See airline details |
Major | 498,701 | 3,752 | 149.3 |