Average Seats per Departure (Total Operating Fleet)
All Aircraft
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
American                169                167                165                164                164                159                156                155                159                166                172                175                177                177                176                175                176            176            173            173            175            178
Continental                144                140                144                148                155                157                157                159                162                166                166                167                167                171                176                179                179                -                  -                  -                  -                  -  
Delta                180                181                180                179                178                178                176                178                180                180                183                187                187                190                188                191                192            193            193            191            188            187
Northwest                183                186                188                188                188                189                184                179                176                176                178                179                184                191                192                   -                     -                  -                  -                  -                  -                  -  
United                194                194                195                195                192                190                188                187                181                183                186                186                188                190                195                197                198            187            187            189            192            194
US Airways                131                133                134                134                135                138                144                153                154                153                150                160                162                157                158                162                162            165            167            171                -                  -  
America West                144                142                142                144                143                143                141                141                140                141                143                142                143                   -                     -                     -                     -                  -                  -                  -                  -                  -  
 --sub Network            169            169            170            170            170            169            168            168            168            170            172            175            177            179            181            182            183         183         182         183         184         186
Southwest                132                133                133                133                134                135                135                135                135                136                136                136                136                136                136                136                136            136            141            145            148            149
jetBlue                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                  164                164                162                161                157                157                152                145                141                140                140                140            140            139            140            142            145
AirTran                126                127                126                111                112                109                110                114                116                118                121                123                125                126                125                126                126                -                  -                  -                  -                  -  
Frontier                110                118                123                126                129                132                134                131                132                126                123                123                129                132                134                137                141            145            147            151            158            174
Virgin America                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                  149                143                140                139                140            142            143            143            143            144
 -- sub LCC            132            132            132            130            131            132            133            134            135            135            136            136            136            136            135            135            136         138         141         144         147         149
Alaska                132                132                133                133                133                131                131                132                134                135                138                140                144                146                148                149                150            150            152            157            161            164
Hawaiian                245                249                254                256                  93                254                257                252                238                237                239                237                239                237                233                238                245            252            258            262            266            267
Spirit                119                114                118                128                138                154                160                159                154                152                153                147                152                148                150                152                155            159            161            163            168            175
Allegiant                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                  102                106                112                150                155                148                148                148                148                149                149                150            160            171            171            170            169
 -- sub Other            154            154            154            156            126            160            153            154            155            154            155            155            159            160            162            163            165         170         174         178         180         182
Total All Sectors            166            166            166            166            164            165            163            163            163            164            165            166            167            167            168            169            169         170         171         173         174         176
Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, schedule T2.