Long-term Debt & Capital Lease Obligations, Less Current Maturities
Millions
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018*** 2019 2020
AMR Corp               4,151               8,310            10,888            11,901            12,436            12,530            11,217               9,413               8,419               9,984               6,095        6,729        6,735        1,446      16,196      18,330      22,489      22,511      20,650      20,684      26,182
Continental Airlines Inc**               3,374               4,198               5,471               5,558               5,267               5,057               4,859               4,366               5,371               5,291                     -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Delta Air Lines Inc               5,896               8,347            10,174            11,538            13,005               6,557               6,509               7,986            15,411            15,665            13,179      11,847      11,082        9,795        8,561        6,766        6,201        6,592        8,253        8,873      27,425
Northwest Airlines Corp               3,545               5,221               6,636               7,552               8,023               1,085               3,899               6,639               5,766                     -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
UAL Corp**               6,949               8,565                  700                  163                  301               1,400               8,803               7,521               7,199               7,227            12,470      11,424      11,232      10,824      10,692      10,400      10,740      12,699      13,349      13,369      25,056
US Airways Group Inc I               2,688               3,515                    18               2,630                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
US Airways Group Inc II                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 2,907               3,031               3,634               4,024               4,003        4,130        4,376        5,528               -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
America West Holdings Corp                  146                  225                  701                  689                  635                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Midwest Air Group Inc                      3                    35                    17                    54                    50                    56                    42                     -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
  --sub Network and Regional             26,751            38,416            34,605            40,085            39,718            26,685            38,236            38,956            45,800            42,191            35,747      34,130      33,425      27,593      35,449      35,496      39,430      41,802      42,252      42,926      78,663
Southwest Airlines Co                  761               1,327               1,553               1,332               1,700               1,394               1,567               2,050               3,498               3,325               2,875        3,107        2,883        2,191        2,434        2,541        2,821        3,320        2,771        1,846        3,343
AirTran Holdings Inc                  365                  255                  200                  242                  300                  401                  724                  958                  957                  932                  877               -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
JetBlue Airways Corp                     -                       -                    639               1,012               1,396               2,103               2,626               2,588               2,883               2,920               2,850        2,850        2,457        2,116        1,968        1,379        1,195        1,003        1,361        1,990        4,413
Alaska Air Group Inc                  509                  852                  857                  907                  990                  969               1,032               1,125               1,596               1,699               1,313        1,099            871            754            686            569        2,645        2,262        1,617        1,439        1,268
Hawaiian Holdings Inc                     -                        5                      3                     -                       -                      78                  238                  216                  232                  190                  172            424            553            744            893            678            498            511            609            689        1,155
  --sub Hybrid               1,635              2,439              3,252              3,493              4,386              4,945              6,187              6,937              9,166              9,066              8,087        7,480        6,764        5,805        5,981        5,167        7,159        7,096        6,358        5,964      10,179
Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc*                      0                    67                  262                  280                  283                  405                  452                  624                     -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Spirit Airlines, Inc                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                12              27               -              135            183            226        1,387        2,025        1,960        3,067
  -- sub ULCC                       0                    67                  262                  280                  283                  405                  452                  624                     -                       -                       -                12              27               -              135            183            226        1,387        2,025        1,960        3,067
 Total All Sectors             28,387            40,921            38,118            43,857            44,386            32,036            44,875            46,517            54,966            51,257            43,834      41,622      40,216      33,398      41,566      40,846      46,815      50,286      50,634      50,851      91,909
* 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