Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activity
Millions
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018*** 2019 2020
AMR Corp               3,142                  542             (1,111)                  601                  717               1,024               1,939               1,935             (1,394)                  643               1,050            697       (1,876)       (1,834)        3,080        6,249        6,524        4,744        3,533        3,815       (6,543)
Continental Airlines Inc**                  906                  567                  (46)                  342                  373                  457               1,058               1,133                (324)                (362)                     -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Delta Air Lines Inc               2,898                  236                  225                  244             (1,023)                (307)                  993               1,359             (1,707)               1,379               2,832        2,834        2,476        4,504        4,947        7,927        7,205        5,148        7,014        8,425       (3,793)
Northwest Airlines Corp                  893                  646                (284)                  375                  276                (437)               1,224               1,371                (418)                     -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
UAL Corp**               2,472                (160)             (1,139)               1,001                    99               1,079               1,562               2,134             (1,239)                  966               1,907        2,408            935        1,444        2,634        5,992        5,542        3,413        6,146        6,879       (4,145)
US Airways Group Inc I                  697                (112)                (364)                (167)                  (89)                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
US Airways Group Inc II                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                    618                  442                (980)                    59                  804            472        1,017        1,156               -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
America West Holdings Corp                  190                  152                  (23)                  242                    21                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Midwest Air Group Inc                    43                    25                    27                    27                  (14)                    17                    21                     -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
  --sub Network and Regional             11,241              1,897             (2,714)              2,665                  360              1,833              7,415              8,374             (6,062)              2,685              6,593        6,411        2,552        5,270      10,661      20,168      19,271      13,305      16,693      19,119    (14,481)
Southwest Airlines Co               1,298               1,485                  520               1,336               1,066               2,118               1,406               2,845             (1,521)                  985               1,561        1,385        2,064        2,477        2,902        3,238        4,293        3,929        4,893        3,987       (1,127)
AirTran Holdings Inc                    69                    95                      6                  133                    38                    65                    75                  182                (180)                  118                  161               -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
JetBlue Airways Corp                      3                  111                  217                  287                  199                  170                  274                  358                  (17)                  486                  523            614            698            758            912        1,598        1,632        1,398        1,217        1,449          (683)
Alaska Air Group Inc                  273                  287                  125                  355                  333                  270                  450                  482                  164                  293                  554            696            753            981        1,030        1,584        1,386        1,590        1,195        1,722          (234)
Hawaiian Holdings Inc                    63                    57                    10                  (38)                    (8)                    58                    63                    82                  134                  136                  150            179            311            243            300            476            437            331            509            485          (311)
  --sub Hybrid               1,707              2,035                  878              2,073              1,629              2,681              2,268              3,949             (1,419)              2,018              2,949        2,874        3,826        4,459        5,144        6,896        7,748        7,248        7,814        7,643       (2,355)
Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc*                    73                    40                      1                  128                    19                    80                    23                    31                (123)                     -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Spirit Airlines, Inc.                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                      27            171            114            195            261            473            474            425            506            551          (225)
  -- sub ULCC                     73                    40                      1                  128                    19                    80                    23                    31                (123)                     -                      27            171            114            195            261            473            474            425            506            551          (225)
 Total All Sectors             13,020              3,972             (1,835)              4,867              2,008              4,593              9,706            12,353             (7,604)              4,703              9,569        9,456        6,492        9,925      16,066      27,537      27,493      20,978      25,013      27,313    (17,061)
* Frontier Airlines Inc before 2006. Year end March 31 treated as the year before.
** United and Continental are assumed as a single carrier beginning October 1, 2010
*** Note: In 2018, many airlines changed their accounting principles to conform to new standards, which lead to some significant changes in the numbers reported compared to previous years. For the sake of clarity, many airlines provided recast 2017 results in their 10-K reports that  
       can be found in SEC’s EDGAR tool.
Note: Zero value might also mean data not reported.
Data Source:  SEC 10K Filings