| Departed Seats | |||||||||||||||||
| millions | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||
| American | 138,792 | 131,502 | 131,554 | 130,188 | 133,729 | 138,292 | 130,007 | 154,161 | 140,898 | 139,058 | 141,070 | 137,859 | 135,856 | 130,438 | 120,147 | 119,073 | |
| Continental | 66,447 | 62,353 | 64,589 | 68,324 | 71,756 | 72,608 | 68,939 | 63,488 | 60,082 | 61,731 | 62,031 | 65,765 | 68,720 | 66,462 | 60,976 | 58,907 | |
| Delta | 171,219 | 170,694 | 174,706 | 172,696 | 170,455 | 169,022 | 159,852 | 147,472 | 127,115 | 131,961 | 128,832 | 107,188 | 103,269 | 100,620 | 95,086 | 161,948 | |
| Northwest | 103,591 | 109,070 | 110,103 | 101,728 | 110,045 | 113,233 | 106,232 | 101,607 | 97,353 | 98,978 | 95,685 | 87,647 | 86,049 | 77,801 | 65,868 | - | |
| United | 151,622 | 152,464 | 155,500 | 156,117 | 157,620 | 153,236 | 139,542 | 121,570 | 108,806 | 112,438 | 102,579 | 104,933 | 103,502 | 96,925 | 84,855 | 79,102 | |
| US Airways | 104,190 | 98,941 | 98,809 | 95,277 | 96,216 | 104,228 | 100,110 | 82,344 | 67,687 | 69,047 | 68,750 | 55,613 | 61,893 | 77,664 | 72,754 | 72,951 | |
| American West | 28,311 | 29,500 | 30,185 | 29,541 | 30,046 | 30,897 | 29,705 | 28,438 | 27,717 | 28,654 | 29,677 | 28,810 | 20,492 | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 764,172 | 754,523 | 765,445 | 753,871 | 769,867 | 781,516 | 734,387 | 699,080 | 629,658 | 641,868 | 628,623 | 587,815 | 579,781 | 549,910 | 499,686 | 491,981 | |
| Southwest | 91,881 | 99,244 | 104,758 | 107,882 | 113,905 | 121,907 | 127,254 | 128,305 | 128,745 | 133,473 | 140,404 | 149,116 | 158,421 | 162,603 | 153,565 | 152,104 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 1,660 | 4,321 | 7,152 | 10,745 | 14,174 | 17,488 | 24,110 | 28,409 | 28,423 | 29,706 | 31,665 | |
| AirTran | 126 | 1,702 | 1,929 | 8,349 | 11,098 | 11,083 | 12,231 | 15,107 | 16,937 | 19,141 | 23,504 | 29,144 | 32,693 | 32,704 | 31,587 | 31,729 | |
| Frontier | 1,603 | 2,143 | 2,621 | 2,791 | 4,171 | 4,834 | 5,424 | 6,095 | 7,823 | 9,016 | 9,788 | 11,607 | 13,595 | 13,318 | 11,928 | 11,360 | |
| Virgin America | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 497 | 3,521 | 4,804 | 4,947 | |
| -- sub LCC | 93,609 | 103,090 | 109,309 | 119,022 | 129,174 | 139,484 | 149,230 | 156,659 | 164,251 | 175,804 | 191,183 | 213,978 | 233,615 | 240,570 | 231,590 | 231,804 | |
| Alaska | 19,048 | 20,410 | 21,187 | 22,348 | 22,659 | 21,943 | 22,469 | 23,351 | 24,159 | 25,137 | 24,827 | 25,331 | 26,144 | 24,731 | 22,375 | 22,526 | |
| Hawaiian | 14,666 | 14,772 | 14,118 | 14,615 | 5,776 | 16,768 | 15,530 | 13,129 | 12,006 | 11,662 | 11,804 | 12,609 | 13,659 | 15,507 | 17,270 | 16,517 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | 429 | 162 | 278 | 684 | 1,169 | 1,511 | 2,747 | 3,962 | 4,858 | 6,036 | 6,609 | |
| -- sub Other | 33,714 | 35,181 | 35,306 | 36,964 | 28,435 | 39,140 | 38,161 | 36,757 | 36,849 | 37,968 | 38,142 | 40,686 | 43,765 | 45,095 | 45,681 | 45,651 | |
| Total All Sectors | 891,495 | 892,794 | 910,060 | 909,857 | 927,475 | 960,140 | 921,778 | 892,496 | 830,758 | 855,640 | 857,948 | 842,479 | 857,161 | 835,576 | 776,958 | 769,436 | |
| * system departures times average seat size | |||||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41, Schedules P52 | |||||||||||||||||