| Departed Seats |
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1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
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2001 |
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2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
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| 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 |
119,072 |
118,431 |
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| 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 |
58,906 |
62,534 |
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| 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 |
164,206 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
73,693 |
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| 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 |
72,950 |
73,295 |
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| 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 |
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| --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 |
491,979 |
492,159 |
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| 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 |
156,345 |
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| jetBlue |
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1,660 |
4,321 |
7,152 |
10,745 |
14,174 |
17,488 |
24,110 |
28,409 |
28,423 |
29,706 |
31,665 |
34,227 |
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| 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 |
31,929 |
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| 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 |
11,413 |
12,507 |
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| Virgin America |
- |
- |
- |
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497 |
3,521 |
4,804 |
4,950 |
6,271 |
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| -- 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 |
231,861 |
241,280 |
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| 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 |
23,802 |
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| 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 |
17,187 |
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| Allegiant |
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429 |
162 |
278 |
684 |
1,169 |
1,511 |
2,747 |
3,962 |
4,858 |
6,036 |
6,609 |
6,835 |
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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 |
47,824 |
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| 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 |
769,491 |
781,263 |
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