Pension and Post Retirement Benefits
Millions
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018*** 2019 2020
AMR Corp               1,706               2,538               4,730               4,803               4,743               4,998               5,341               3,620               6,614               7,397               7,876        9,204        6,780        5,828        7,562        7,450        7,842        7,497        6,863        6,008        7,027
Continental Airlines Inc**                  297                  296                  723                  680               1,132               1,078               1,149                  534               1,417               1,248                     -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Delta Air Lines Inc               2,026               2,651               5,524               7,139               6,870                     -                       -                 3,867            10,895            11,745            11,493      14,200      16,005      12,392      15,138      13,855      13,378        9,810        9,163        8,452      10,630
Northwest Airlines Corp                  882               1,749               3,050               3,228               3,593                  126                    86               3,638               5,476                     -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
UAL Corp**               1,693               2,931               6,470               6,671               4,253               2,027               2,085               1,829               1,812               1,928               3,817        4,269        5,014        3,353        4,159        3,370        3,473        3,523        2,871        2,235        3,454
US Airways Group Inc I               1,407               1,474               1,443               1,651                      2                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
US Airways Group Inc II                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                    782                  851                  718                  619                  556            588            637            135               -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
America West Holdings Corp                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Midwest Air Group Inc                      8                    10                    13                    15                    20                    22                    30                     -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
  --sub Network and Regional               8,019            11,649            21,953            24,187            20,613              8,251              9,473            14,339            26,932            22,937            23,742      28,261      28,436      21,708      26,859      24,675      24,693      20,830      18,897      16,695      21,111
Southwest Airlines Co                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
AirTran Holdings Inc                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
JetBlue Airways Corp                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Alaska Air Group Inc                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Hawaiian Holdings Inc                     -                      63                  112                     -                       -                    197                  127                    94                  227                  231                  214            321            353            264            408            373            356            221            183            204            218
  --sub Hybrid                      -                      63                  112                     -                       -                    197                  127                    94                  227                  231                  214            321            353            264            408            373            356            221            183            204            218
Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc*                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
Spirit Airlines, Inc.                     -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
  -- sub ULCC                      -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                       -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -                 -  
 Total All Sectors               8,019            11,713            22,065            24,187            20,613              8,448              9,601            14,433            27,159            23,168            23,956      28,582      28,789      21,972      27,267      25,048      25,049      21,051      19,080      16,899      21,329
* 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