Net Income (Loss)
Millions
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018*** 2019 2020
AMR Corp                  813             (1,762)             (3,511)             (1,228)                (751)                (857)                  231                  504             (2,071)               1,474                  469       (1,965)       (1,876)       (1,834)        2,882        7,610        2,676        1,919        1,412        1,686       (8,885)
Continental Airlines Inc**                  342                  (95)                (462)                    28                (409)                  (68)                  343                  459                (585)                (282)                     -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Delta Air Lines Inc                  828             (1,216)             (1,272)                (773)             (5,198)             (3,818)             (6,203)               1,612             (8,922)               1,237                  593            854        1,009      10,540            659        4,526        4,373        3,577        3,935        4,767     (12,385)
Northwest Airlines Corp                  256                (423)                (798)                  248                (862)             (2,533)             (2,835)               2,093             (6,001)                     -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
UAL Corp**                    50             (2,145)             (3,212)             (2,808)             (1,721)           (21,176)            22,876                  403             (5,348)                (651)                  253            840          (723)            571        1,132        7,340        2,263        2,131        2,122        3,009       (7,069)
US Airways Group Inc I                (269)             (2,117)             (1,646)               1,461                (611)                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
US Airways Group Inc II                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                    304                  427             (2,210)                (205)                  502              71            637            392               -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
America West Holdings Corp                      8                (250)                (388)                    57                  (89)                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Midwest Air Group Inc                      1                  (15)                  (11)                  (13)                  (43)                  (65)                      5                     -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
  --sub Network and Regionals               2,028             (8,023)           (11,299)             (3,028)             (9,684)           (28,517)            14,721              5,498           (25,137)              1,573              1,817          (200)          (953)        9,669        4,673      19,476        9,312        7,627        7,469        9,462    (28,339)
Southwest Airlines Co                  626                  511                  188                  372                  215                  484                  499                  645                  178                    99                  459            178            421            754        1,136        2,181        2,244        3,488        2,465        2,300       (3,074)
AirTran Holdings Inc                    47                    (3)                    11                  101                    10                      8                    15                    53                (274)                  135                    39               -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
JetBlue Airways Corp                  (21)                    39                    55                  103                    46                  (20)                    (1)                    18                  (76)                    58                    97              86            128            168            401            677            759        1,147            188            569       (1,354)
Alaska Air Group Inc                  (67)                  (43)                (119)                    14                  (15)                    (6)                  (53)                  125                (136)                  122                  251            245            316            508            605            848            814        1,034            437            769       (1,324)
Hawaiian Holdings Inc                  (19)                      5                  (58)                  (17)                    (7)                  (12)                  (41)                      7                    29                  117                  110              (3)              53              52              69            183            235            364            233            224          (511)
  --sub Hybrid                    567                  509                    77                  572                  248                  453                  420                  848                (279)                  530                  956            506            918        1,482        2,211        3,889        4,052        6,033        3,323        3,862       (6,263)
Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc*                    55                    17                  (23)                    13                  (23)                  (14)                  (20)                  (60)                (248)                     -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Spirit Airlines, Inc.                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                      72              76            108            177            225            317            265            421            156            335          (429)
  -- sub ULCC                     55                    17                  (23)                    13                  (23)                  (14)                  (20)                  (60)                (248)                     -                      72              76            108            177            225            317            265            421            156            335          (429)
 Total All Sectors               2,650             (7,497)           (11,245)             (2,443)             (9,459)           (28,078)            15,121              6,285           (25,664)              2,103              2,845            382              74      11,328        7,109      23,682      13,629      14,081      10,948      13,659    (35,031)
* 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