"Table 15: Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by January-October 2007 International Scheduled Enplanements",,,,, Passenger numbers in thousands (000),,,,, Jan-Oct 2007 Rank,Carrier,Jan-Oct 2007 Enplaned Passengers,Jan-Oct 2006 Rank,Jan-Oct 2006 Enplaned Passengers,Pct. Change 2006-2007 1,American,"18,064.0",1,"17,981.0",0.5 2,United,"10,059.0",2,"10,144.3",-0.8 3,Continental,"10,058.0",3,"9,253.8",8.7 4,Delta,"9,657.2",4,"8,507.0",13.5 5,Northwest,"8,366.9",5,"8,216.0",1.8 6,US Airways**,"4,092.2",6,"3,970.0",3.1 7,Alaska,"1,819.1",7,"1,843.9",-1.3 8,Express Jet,"1,727.7",8,"1,690.0",2.2 9,Executive,"1,465.0",9,"1,498.0",-2.2 10,Spirit,"1,048.8",14,616.1,70.2 "Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market",,,,, "** US Airways Jan-Oct 2007 numbers include only US Airways for Jan-Sept and a combined number for the merged US Airways and America West in October. For Jan-Sept 2007, America West reported 990.3 thousand enplaned international passengers. The 2006 number was reported separately by US Airways. For Jan-Oct 2006, America West reported 1,016.9 thousand enplaned domestic passengers.",,,,, Note: Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.,,,,,