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 2018 2019 2020
American               649               647                643                642               674               708                711                818                755                695                708               685               660               648               606               614               615               606                612                627                972                936                947                925                848                648
Continental               300               294                313                338               355               360                357                352                339                343                336               349               353               358               337               325               344                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -  
Delta               537               533                552                562               581               600                625                597                533                422                427               371               435               431               437               722               710               707                713                748                787                809                838                858                884                808
Northwest               370               392                399                412               414               420                435                444                429                434                420               373               370               338               303                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -  
United               553               561                569                573               587               601                597                556                551                519                462               460               453               445               382               360               358               697                698                697                708                724                744                655                770                778
US Airways               379               391                385                370               382               397                307                305                276                289                287               724               698               359               352               343               339               342                344                342                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -  
America West                  90                  98                101                104               115               129                143                107                141                139                140               136                 97                  -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -  
 --sub Network            2,877            2,916             2,962             3,001            3,108            3,214             3,176             3,181             3,023             2,840             2,781            3,099            3,067            2,579            2,418            2,365            2,367            2,353             2,368             2,414             2,468             2,469             2,530             2,438             2,502             2,234
Southwest               251               229                249                261               291               325                354                365                380                404                432               462               500               535               541               543               554               621                601                623                673                705                712                722                734                704
AirTran                    1                  15                  11                  40                  50                 48                  53                  61                  69                  78                  92               114               132               136               133               135               136                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -  
jetBlue                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     5                  16                  27                  43                  60                  77               106               128               175               148               153               165               174                185                196                208                219                234                247                254                264
Alaska                  73                  74                  76                  82                  86                 91                158                102                107                108                110               111               113               113               114               115               117               120                128                134                129                148                154                210                235                154
Virgin America                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                    -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                    -                     6                 19                  25                  28                  37                  42                  46                  51                  54                  62                  65                   -                     -                     -  
Hawaiian                  20                  22                  21                  23                  25                 29                  32                  22                  28                  25                  25                 25                 28                 31                  33                  35                  35                  42                  45                  47                  48                  49                  51                  56                  58                  60
 -- sub Hybrid               345               340                357                407               453               499                613                578                627                674                736               819               907            1,009               995            1,009            1,044               999             1,006             1,051             1,113             1,183             1,216             1,235             1,281             1,183
Allegiant                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     1                    2                    2                    3                    8                  12                 11                 26                 33                  39                  47                  52                  60                  63                  69                  75                  83                  87                  91                  86                  97
Frontier                    5                    8                  12                  15                  17                 18                  21                  15                  36                  42                  47                 51                 57                 59                  50                  44                  49                  59                  53                  53                  57                  64                  63                  76                  92                  81
Spirit                    8                  11                  12                  16                  20                 24                  28                  28                  29                  31                  32                 32                 35                 33                  28                  30                  35                  41                  51                  57                  70                  79                104                114                135                153
 -- sub ULCC                  13                  19                  23                  31                  37                 42                  51                  45                  67                  81                  90                 93               117               125               117               121               136               160                167                179                202                225                254                281                313                331
Total All Sectors            3,235            3,274             3,342             3,439            3,598            3,755             3,839             3,804             3,717             3,595             3,606            4,010            4,091            3,712            3,530            3,495            3,546            3,511             3,541             3,644             3,782             3,877             3,999             3,954             4,095             3,748
Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, schedule T2. Note: Total Operating Fleet = Aircraft Days Assigned/Days in Year. Represents average fleet count over the course of the entire year.
Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.