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BTS Releases January Airline Traffic Data; Domestic Enplanements Down 13 Percent from December

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Sunday, April 20, 2003 -- Domestic enplanements on U.S. airlines fell 7.3 million in January, a 13 percent drop from December, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation reported today in a release of preliminary data.

Domestic enplanements rose 10.3 percent in January 2003 from January 2002 on domestic flights operated by U.S. airlines.

Table 1. Domestic Enplanements

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Month	2001	2002	2003	% change 2002 - 2003
January	49,992,038	43,546,673	48,046,280	10.3%
February	48,518,158	43,351,125
March	59,640,460	54,501,170
April	57,020,544	50,727,915
May	57,292,006	52,611,323
June	60,286,689	55,276,117
July	63,137,201	57,782,169
August	63,630,303	57,802,175
September	34,796,432	45,424,981
October	44,203,071	53,397,828
November	44,865,195	49,938,367
December	45,781,634	55,374,597
Year to Date	49,992,038	43,546,673	48,046,280
Total	629,163,731	619,734,440

Source: "Air Carrier Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market."

Additional airline traffic data can be found on the BTS website at TranStats, the Intermodal Transportation Database at http://transtats.bts.gov. Click on "aviation", then on "Air Carrier Statistics (Form 41 Traffic)", then click on "T-100 Domestic Market."

Table 2. Top 10 Airlines, ranked by domestic enplanements

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	Carrier Name	Code	December	January	Percent Change
1	American Airlines, Inc.	AA	7,916,529	7,024,672	-11.3%
2	Delta Airlines, Inc.	DL	7,776,803	6,774,876	-12.9%
3	Southwest Airlines, Co.	WN	6,109,854	5,488,639	-10.2%
4	United Airlines, Inc.	UA	5,959,477	5,207,603	-12.6%
5	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	NW	4,482,678	3,846,846	-14.2%
6	Continental Airlines, Inc.	CO	3,319,175	2,916,542	-12.1%
7	US Airways, Inc.	US	3,532,745	2,904,629	-17.8%
8	America West Airlines, Inc.	HP	1,650,317	1,475,249	-10.6%
9	Alaska Airlines, Inc.	AS	1,256,485	1,049,016	-16.5%
10	American Eagle Airlines, Inc.	MQ	945,801	993,124	5.0%

Source: "Air Carrier Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market."

Table 3. Top 10 Airports ranked by domestic enplanements

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	Airport Name	Airport	December	January	% Change
1	Hartsfield International, Atlanta	ATL	3,288,099	2,878,662	-12.5%
2	O'Hare International, Chicago	ORD	2,583,396	2,207,723	-14.5%
3	Dallas-Ft.Worth International	DFW	2,145,802	1,877,692	-12.5%
4	Los Angeles International	LAX	1,829,566	1,641,197	-10.3%
5	Phoenix Sky Harbor International	PHX	1,501,236	1,371,902	-8.6%
6	Denver International	DEN	1,455,368	1,289,105	-11.4%
7	Las Vegas-McCarran International	LAS	1,208,660	1,286,147	6.4%
8	George Bush Intercontinental, Houston	IAH	1,340,062	1,167,201	-12.9%
9	Minneapolis-St.Paul International	MSP	1,333,587	1,045,719	-21.6%
10	Miami International	MIA	1,037,646	1,015,138	-2.2%

Source: "Air Carrier Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market."

Data are compiled from monthly reports filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics by commercial air carriers detailing operations, passenger traffic and freight traffic. Reports from commuter carriers are included in data beginning October 2002 and were not included in earlier reports. December traffic data are preliminary and include data received by BTS as of April 18. Data are subject to revision.

Information on non-filing carriers will be available at www.bts.gov.

Revised December data is posted on the BTS website. BTS will release February traffic data on May 12.