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 2017
American               169               167               165               164               164               159               156               155               159               166               172               175               177               177               176               175               176           176           173           173           175           178           182
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           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           196
US Airways               131               133               134               134               135               138               144               153               154               153               150               153               156               157               158               162               162           165           167           171              -                -                -  
America West               144               142               142               144               143               143               141               141               140               141               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          188
Southwest               132               133               133               133               134               135               135               135               135               136               136               136               136               136               136               136               136           136           141           145           148           149           151
jetBlue                  -                    -                    -                    -                    -                 164               164               162               161               157               157               152               145               141               140               140               140           140           139           140           142           145           148
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           185
Virgin America                  -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                 149               143               140               139               140           142           143           143           143           144           145
 -- sub LCC             132             132             132             130             131             132             133             134             135             135             136             136             136             136             135             135             136          138          141          144          147          149          152
Alaska               132               132               133               133               133               131               131               132               134               135               138               140               144               146               148               149               150           150           152           157           161           164           165
Hawaiian               245               249               254               256                 93               254               257               252               238               237               239               237               239               237               233               238               245           252           258           262           266           267           260
Spirit               119               114               118               128               138               154               160               159               154               152               153               147               152               148               150               152               155           159           161           163           168           175           179
Allegiant                  -                    -                    -                    -                    -                 102               106               112               150               155               148               148               148               148               149               149               150           160           171           171           170           169           168
 -- sub Other             154             154             154             156             126             160             153             154             155             154             155             155             159             160             162             163             165          170          174          178          180          182          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          178
Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, schedule T2.