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Financial	1960	1970	1980	1990	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	^R1999	^P2000
Operating revenues (thousand dollars)
Domestic total^a,b	2,178,339	7,180,161	26,440,297	57,960,508	65,948,993	70,885,050	76,890,526	82,249,568	86,493,789	90,931,479	98,689,586
Majors, all services	^f1,942,635	^f6,272,775	^g23,012,073	ⁱ53,333,552	ⁱ59,846,676	ⁱ64,317,169	ⁱ70,036,709	ⁱ74,942,391	ⁱ77,650,810	ⁱ82,615,015	ⁱ89,103,057
Nationals, all services	146,481	736,831	3,182,418	^j4,167,552	^j5,465,021	^j5,935,773	^j5,990,391	^j6,163,458	^j8,113,690	^j7,789,636	^j9,016,171
Large regionals, all services	N	N	245,806	^k459,404	^k637,296	^k632,108	^k863,426	^k1,143,719	^k729,289	^k526,828	^k570,359
International total	705,938	2,109,497	6,442,144	17,990,355	22,364,429	23,433,483	25,046,820	27,318,034	26,971,289	28,106,973	30,773,164
Majors, all services	705,938	2,109,497	^h5,976,221	ⁱ16,761,376	ⁱ19,222,842	ⁱ19,892,111	ⁱ21,524,274	ⁱ23,608,853	ⁱ23,356,233	ⁱ24,671,152	ⁱ27,532,228
Nationals, all services	N	N	465,923	^j901,352	^j2,697,137	^j3,282,606	^j3,326,467	^j3,376,014	^j3,161,212	^j3,142,217	^j2,853,515
Large regionals, all services	N	N	N	^k327,627	^k444,450	^k258,766	^k196,079	^k333,166	^k453,844	^k293,604	^k387,420
Total certificated^a	2,884,877	9,289,658	32,882,441	75,950,863	88,313,422	94,318,533	101,937,346	109,567,602	113,465,078	119,038,452	129,462,750
Operating expenses (thousand dollars)
Domestic total^a	2,052,094	7,001,668	26,465,999	58,953,086	63,757,937	66,119,699	71,573,073	75,731,215	78,388,515	84,328,320	93,111,990
Majors, all services	1,907,785	6,256,039	^g23,150,527	ⁱ54,209,401	ⁱ57,824,115	ⁱ59,721,080	ⁱ64,793,763	ⁱ68,307,270	ⁱ70,114,852	ⁱ76,506,077	ⁱ83,784,507
Nationals, all services	144,309	745,629	3,058,289	^j4,297,823	^j5,285,783	^j5,750,372	^j5,847,797	^j6,163,923	^j7,500,451	^j7,299,934	^j8,726,001
Large regionals, all services	N	N	257,183	^k445,862	^k648,039	^k648,247	^k931,513	^k1,260,021	^k773,212	^k522,309	^k601,482
International total	665,660	2,065,605	6,642,095	18,914,480	21,842,021	22,335,257	24,155,203	25,249,593	25,748,752	26,307,097	29,276,999
Majors, all services	665,660	2,065,605	^h6,171,366	ⁱ17,746,006	ⁱ18,875,302	ⁱ19,061,258	ⁱ20,807,517	ⁱ21,688,642	ⁱ22,321,441	ⁱ23,218,938	ⁱ26,268,247
Nationals, all services	N	N	470,729	^j853,361	^j2,503,462	^j3,025,707	^j3,166,097	^j3,253,249	^j3,014,282	^j2,815,341	^j2,609,008
Large regionals, all services	N	N	N	^k315,113	^k463,257	^k248,292	^k181,589	^k307,702	^k413,029	^k272,819	^k399,744
Total certificated^a	2,717,754	9,067,273	33,108,094	77,867,566	85,599,958	88,454,956	95,728,276	100,980,807	104,137,267	110,635,417	122,388,989

Inventory^c	1960	1970	1980	1990	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	^R1999	^P2000
Number of carriers^e
Total domestic and international^l	55	39	66	59	80	89	90	82	^R80	82	75
Majors	N	N	14	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	14
Nationals	N	N	18	15	23	27	31	31	^R27	31	32
Regionals	N	N	34	32	46	51	47	38	40	38	29
Number of aircraft available for service
Total domestic and international^m	2,135	2,690	2,818	4,727	5,221	5,567	5,961	5,770	6,144	6,254	6,522
Majors	N	N	2,071	3,854	4,085	4,039	4,422	4,352	4,605	4,711	5,118
Nationals	N	N	432	650	819	1,143	1,167	967	1,113	1,319	1,182
Regionals	N	N	315	223	317	385	372	451	426	224	222
Number of employees
Total domestic and international^l	169,872	304,690	354,264	588,926	585,427	610,363	634,866	656,243	^R696,408	728,495	732,049
Majors	118,189	214,021	318,973	549,100	526,379	533,313	564,631	597,953	623,389	650,267	672,294
Nationals	12,470	24,913	29,922	32,077	46,670	59,444	56,586	47,662	^R59,620	68,138	56,056
Regionals	N	N	5,369	7,749	12,378	17,606	13,649	10,628	13,399	10,090	3,699

Performance	1960	1970	1980	1990	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	^R1999	^P2000
Aircraft revenue-miles (thousands)
Domestic^b
Certificated, all services^a	ⁿ858,451	ⁿ2,067,598	^o2,523,375	^p3,963,263	^p4,379,830	^p4,629,394	^p4,811,453	^p4,910,948	^p5,034,691	^p5,332,483	^p5,645,804
Major, all services^a	716,961	1,778,065	2,113,669	^q3,547,339	^q3,760,064	^q3,953,287	^q4,083,664	^q4,191,113	^q4,260,052	^q4,598,092	^q4,784,789
Nationals, all services^a	94,794	247,055	330,528	^r351,946	^r519,312	^r569,641	^r614,519	^r594,241	^r702,913	^r668,646	^r796,777
Large regionals, all services^a	N	N	56,995	^s60,542	^s78,573	^s85,363	^s96,573	^s112,682	^s51,199	^s47,438	^s45,651
International
Certificated, all services^a	181,605	474,666	^t400,971	^u760,338	^u979,765	^u997,658	^u1,043,313	^u1,113,816	^u1,192,489	^u1,225,218	^u1,272,885
Major, all services^a	N	N	330,391	^v666,231	^v809,242	^v822,283	^v859,483	^v917,109	^v1,003,726	^v1,053,219	^v1,115,278
Nationals, all services^a	N	N	66,499	^w48,812	^w119,839	^w141,870	^w150,147	^w145,821	^w145,494	^w138,135	^w125,806
Large regionals, all services^a	N	N	2,948	^x60,542	^x41,067	^x27,761	^x22,519	^x47,138	^x40,398	^x29,474	^x27,520
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and international^a	N	N	23,204	^y9,017	^y31,500	^y28,847	^y27,861	^y16,660	^y21,024	^y22,697	^y22,868
Total certificated^a	1,040,056	2,542,264	2,924,346	4,723,601	5,359,595	5,627,052	5,854,766	6,024,764	6,227,180	6,557,701	6,918,689
Aircraft revenue-hours
Domestic^b
Certificated, all services^a	3,672,900	5,133,161	^o6,247,795	^p9,717,375	^p10,721,374	^p11,378,134	^p11,871,886	^p12,060,253	^p12,445,483	^p13,091,273	^p13,839,361
Major, all services^a	2,802,317	4,066,480	4,941,327	^q8,524,236	^q8,864,840	^q9,257,260	^q9,584,525	^q9,828,418	^q9,957,390	^q10,863,178	^q11,309,022
Nationals, all services^a	606,146	908,935	919,187	^r1,016,491	^r1,579,771	^r1,839,835	^r1,981,219	^r1,882,975	^r2,299,916	^r2,053,335	^r2,373,156
Large regionals, all services^a	N	N	267,522	^s167,826	^s223,951	^s223,007	^s260,985	^s315,506	^s143,197	^s126,602	^s110,686
International
Certificated, all services^a	608,736	977,325	^t819,518	^u1,556,760	^u1,978,381	^u2,021,060	^u2,113,467	^u2,235,441	^u2,394,095	^u2,456,726	^u2,574,483
Major, all services^a	N	N	668,199	^v1,351,349	^v1,607,155	^v1,634,465	^v1,712,416	^v1,819,583	^v1,992,776	^v2,090,817	^v2,223,900
Nationals, all services^a	N	N	140,329	^w101,533	^w251,902	^w314,066	^w329,311	^w309,948	^w311,540	^w290,582	^w283,008
Large regionals, all services^a	N	N	7,583	^x88,641	^x97,967	^x59,572	^x48,619	^x97,304	^x83,437	^x62,658	^x58,565
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and international^a	N	N	123,411	^y24,059	^y74,169	^y70,989	^y68,278	^y41,960	^y51,322	^y60,827	^y55,507
Total certificated^a	4,281,636	6,110,486	7,190,724	11,298,194	12,699,755	13,399,194	13,985,353	14,295,694	14,839,578	15,547,999	16,413,844
Revenue passenger-miles (thousands)
Domestic^b
Certificated, all services	31,098,944	108,441,978	^o204,367,599	^p345,872,950	^p388,398,689	^p403,887,802	^p434,651,687	^p450,612,482	^p463,262,198	^p488,356,869	^p515,367,414
Majors, all services	29,430,428	99,903,229	182,984,795	^q327,112,620	^q352,063,855	^q368,701,100	^q395,099,254	^q410,906,050	^q421,217,665	^q451,399,646	^q472,284,794
Nationals, all services	1,170,779	7,642,071	20,466,712	^r16,756,818	^r31,339,182	^r29,255,179	^r33,000,546	^r33,241,082	^r37,699,063	^r33,267,469	^r39,335,123
Large regionals, all services	N	N	711,868	^s1,752,615	^s3,757,414	^s4,381,267	^s5,443,071	^s5,778,338	^s3,124,802	^s2,627,816	^s2,729,491
International
Certificated, all services	ⁿ8,950,672	ⁿ39,695,392	^t63,354,387	^u126,362,697	^u149,107,689	^u154,869,249	^u161,512,010	^u169,356,100	^u172,255,197	^u180,269,038	^u192,611,975
Majors, all services	N	N	54,318,160	^v118,268,507	^v133,299,897	^v137,986,520	^v145,330,811	^v153,564,956	^v157,398,986	^u168,175,060	^v181,585,899
Nationals, all services	N	N	8,659,592	^w6,794,533	^w13,459,194	^w16,128,695	^w14,681,127	^w13,616,245	^w13,471,798	^w9,649,710	^w7,793,324
Large regionals, all services	N	N	330,288	^x1,219,706	^x1,964,944	^x676,925	^x505,337	^x2,148,486	^x1,097,330	^x2,145,931	^x3,035,864
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and international^a	N	N	250,571	^y330,848	^y1,621,892	^y1,627,365	^y2,103,551	^y713,425	^y1,507,751	^y1,360,275	^y1,214,894
Total certificated^a	40,049,616	148,137,370	267,972,557	472,566,495	537,506,378	558,757,051	596,163,697	619,968,582	635,517,395	668,625,907	707,979,389
Average passenger revenue/passenger-mile (Domestic, scheduled service)	6.09	6.00	11.49	13.43	13.12	13.48	13.76	13.97	14.08	13.72	14.37
Average passenger fare (Domestic, scheduled service)	30.01	40.65	84.60	107.86	103.21	106.66	110.37	114.10	114.34	113.75	120.24
Revenue passenger enplanements (thousands)
Domestic^b
Certificated, all services^a	ⁿ56,352	ⁿ153,662	^o275,182	^p428,767	^p489,351	^p506,789	^p538,394	^p548,735	^p566,951	^p589,170	^p615,771
Major, all services^a	48,678	122,866	223,237	^q393,927	^q428,328	^q441,650	^q466,743	^q478,253	^q486,903	^q519,760	^q537,394
Nationals, all services^a	5,949	26,726	47,145	^r32,015	^r53,361	^r55,656	^r62,183	^r61,316	^r74,281	^r65,072	^r74,606
Large regionals, all services^a	N	N	3,748	^s2,566	^s6,138	^s7,136	^s7,887	^s8,203	^s4,352	^s3,152	^s2,448
International
Certificated, all services^a	5,904	16,620	^t26,514	^u46,126	^u51,330	^u52,864	^u54,515	^u56,767	^u57,759	^u57,702	^u60,729
Major, all services^a	N	N	23,949	^v42,207	^v42,702	^v44,155	^v46,302	^v48,614	^v49,610	^v50,604	^v53,151
Nationals, all services^a	N	N	2,343	^w2,632	^w6,608	^w8,114	^w7,401	^w6,896	^w7,038	^w5,446	^w5,272
Large regionals, all services^a	N	N	149	^x1,246	^x1,741	^x556	^x405	^x1,231	^x940	^x1,404	^x2,061
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and international^a	N	N	1,125	^y300	^y1,803	^y2,386	^y1,988	^y989	^y1,586	^y1,434	^y1,568
Total certificated^a	62,256	169,922	302,821	475,193	540,681	559,653	592,909	605,502	624,710	646,872	676,500
Revenue passenger Load factor (%) (scheduled service)
Domestic^b
Certificated	58.5	48.9	^o58.0	^p60.4	64.7	^p65.4	^p67.9	^p69.1	^p70.0	^p69.8	^p71.2
Majors	59.5	49.3	58.1	^q60.6	65.0	^q65.7	^q68.5	^q69.7	^q70.4	^q70.3	^q71.6
Nationals	41.9	43.6	58.4	^r56.6	62.6	^r61.9	^r61.5	^r63.2	^r65.1	^r64.7	^r66.5
Large regionals	N	N	47.7	^s48.7	60.0	^s56	^s60.4	^s60.7	^s58.8	^s42.4	^s47.4
International
Certificated	62.2	53.0	^t62.8	^u69.1	70.6	^u71.8	^u73.3	^u74.1	^u72.8	^u74.4	^u76.0
Majors	N	N	62.8	^v69.1	70.8	^v72.1	^v73.7	^v74.4	^v72.9	^v74.5	^v76.1
Nationals	N	N	65.5	^w73.4	68.2	^w67.7	^w67.8	^w69.6	^w70.9	^w73.7	^w73.4
Large regionals	N	N	73.9	^x66.5	46.8	^x44.5	^x0.0	^x64.9	^x46.0	^xU	^X58.0
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and international^a	N	N	^y46.7	^y0.0	53.8	^y59.3	^y66.7	^y49.7	^y58.2	^y58.3	^y50.8
U.S. international passenger travel
Total passenger-arrivals (thousands) Flag of carrier
United States	^z1,332	^z5,531	^AA10,031	^AA19,145	23,291	^BB24,582	^AA25,148	^AA26,744	^AA27,390	^AA27,462	^AA29,837
Foreign	1,234	4,343	10,231	17,269	20,527	22,328	24,704	27,571	28,791	30,324	32,380
Total passenger-departures (thousands) Flag of carrier
United States	1,200	4,949	9,369	17,628	21,355	22,231	22,901	24,302	24,513	25,457	27,431
Foreign	1,136	4,147	9,886	16,418	18,993	20,795	22,884	25,382	26,350	28,399	30,068
Total revenue ton-miles (thousands)^d
Domestic^b
Certificated, all services	ⁿ3,732,949	ⁿ13,876,802	^o24,964,907	^p43,651,162	50,631,589	^p52,910,081	^p56,326,750	^p58,658,887	^p60,199,459	^p63,032,722	^p66,297,278
Majors, all services	3,332,483	12,589,057	21,427,534	^q39,107,033	44,952,734	^q47,015,642	^q50,096,661	^q52,254,323	^q53,424,349	^q56,696,427	^q59,179,586
Nationals, all services	121,157	850,477	3,336,057	^r3,561,283	4,510,285	^r4,996,345	^r231,398	^r5,317,576	^r6,012,665	^r5,705,158	^r6,429,167
Large regionals, all services	N	N	180,042	^s945,929	1,002,552	^s718,659	^s863,449	^s971,942	^s508,172	^s507,053	^s571,773
International
Certificated, all services	1,291,336	6,308,701	^t9,689,067	^u19,975,915	24,879,791	^u26,295,684	^u28,177,721	^u30,944,299	^u31,481,513	^u32,810,136	^u34,723,712
Majors, all services	N	N	7,377,733	^v17,803,825	20,681,991	^v21,517,789	^v22,880,295	^v24,971,379	^v25,794,344	^v27,949,876	^v30,601,951
Nationals, all services	N	N	2,261,534	^w1,229,849	3,201,089	^w4,116,380	^w4,603,920	^w4,657,365	^w4,376,654	^w4,257,520	^w3,513,451
Large regionals, all services	N	N	44,438	^x835,701	862,184	^x513,476	^x396,142	^x1,240,303	^x1,269,602	^x566,689	^x576,046
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and international^a	N	N	28,178	^y143,457	300,545	^y327,474	^y432,606	^y190,298	^y265,186	^y160,135	^y149,016
Total certificated^a	5,024,285	20,185,503	34,682,153	63,770,534	75,511,380	79,205,765	84,504,471	89,603,186	91,650,972	95,842,858	101,020,990
Revenue ton-miles of freight (thousands)
Domestic^b
Certificated, all services	552,756	2,708,900	^o4,528,316	^p9,063,864	11,802,778	^p12,520,057	^p12,860,845	^p13,601,412	^p13,839,605	^p14,201,933	^p14,759,988
Majors, all services	321,176	U	3,129,087	^q6,395,767	9,746,354	^q10,145,537	^q10,586,741	^q11,163,518	^q11,302,583	^q11,556,463	^q11,951,106
Nationals, all services	3,850	U	1,289,510	^r1,885,600	1,387,322	^r2,070,570	^r1,931,201	^r1,993,498	^r2,239,140	^r2,378,206	^r2,495,453
Large regionals, all services	N	N	108,864	^s770,670	626,842	^s280,512	^s318,542	^s398,153	^s195,791	^s249,706	^s298,820
International
Certificated, all services	ⁿ268,156	ⁿ1,566,105	^t3,353,371	^u7,339,660	9,970,189	^u10,854,620	^u12,031,634	^u14,008,685	^u14,262,373	^u14,782,231	^u15,461,273
Majors, all services	N	N	1,945,660	^v5,976,973	7,351,998	^v7,719,138	^v8,347,214	^v9,614,881	^v10,054,448	^v11,132,370	^v12,443,364
Nationals, all services	N	N	1,395,575	^w550,409	1,855,167	^w2,549,371	^w3,140,921	^w3,295,738	^w3,035,853	^w3,291,549	^w2,734,118
Large regionals, all services	N	N	11,409	^x713,733	666,863	^x445,783	^x345,609	^x1,025,455	^x1,159,869	^x352,095	^x271,216
Medium regionals, all services, domestic and international^a	N	N	3,124	^y110,372	138,421	^y163,766	^y222,251	^y118,854	^y114,294	^y23,775	^y27,184
Total certificated^a	820,907	3,755,436	7,884,811	16,513,896	21,772,967	23,374,677	24,892,479	27,610,097	28,101,978	28,984,164	30,221,261

Safety	1960	1970	1980	1990	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	^R1999	^P2000
Air carrier fatalities
Operating under 14 CFR 121 (airlines)
Scheduled services	N	N	^CC0	^CC39	239	^CC166	^CC342	^CC3	1	12	^CC92
Nonscheduled services	N	N	1	0	0	2	38	5	0	0	0
Operating under 14 CFR 135
Scheduled services (commuters)	N	N	37	7	25	9	14	46	0	12	5
Nonscheduled services (on–demand air taxis)	N	N	105	51	63	52	63	39	^R45	38	71
Total^a	^DD499	^DD146	143	58	327	229	457	93	^R46	62	168
Air carrier accidents
Operating under 14 CFR 121 (airlines)
Scheduled services	N	N	15	22	19	34	32	44	43	48	49
Nonscheduled services	N	N	4	2	4	2	^R5	5	7	4	5
Operating under 14 CFR 135
Scheduled services (commuters)	N	N	38	15	10	12	11	^R16	8	13	12
Nonscheduled services (on–demand air taxis)	N	N	171	107	85	75	90	82	77	73	80
Total^a	^DD90	^DD55	^R228	146	118	123	^R138	^R147	135	138	146
Fatal air carrier accidents
Operating under 14 CFR 121 (airlines)
Scheduled services	N	N	0	6	4	2	3	3	1	2	3
Nonscheduled services	N	N	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
Operating under 14 CFR 135
Scheduled services (commuters)	N	N	8	4	3	2	1	5	0	5	1
Nonscheduled services (on–demand air taxis)	N	N	46	29	26	24	29	15	^R17	12	22
Total^a	^DD17	^DD8	55	39	33	29	35	24	^R18	19	26

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Totals include data not in table; thus totals may not be sum of table data.

^b Domestic encompasses operations within and between the 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. It also encompasses Canadian and Mexican transborder operations (U.S. airlines only). All other operations are considered international.

^c Includes scheduled and nonscheduled (charter) operators. By Sec. 2 of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 "charter air carrier" and "charter air transportation" replaced supplemental air carriers and supplemental air transportation, which were formerly Sec. 101(36) and (37) of the Act. The 24 pre–deregulation supplemental carriers now have scheduled service authority.

^d Total Revenue Ton–Miles includes Passenger, Freight, Express, and Mail.

^e Total includes only those carriers whose report employment statistics to BTS' Office of Airline Information.

SOURCES: Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.

^f Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 and 1973 (Washington, DC), pp. 69, 71.

^g Ibid., Air Carrier Financial Statistics, December 1981 (Washington, DC), pp. 3/28, 44.

^h Ibid., pp. 42, 44.

ⁱ U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, (pre-1995, U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration), Air Carrier Financial Statistics, (Washington, DC: Annual December issue) p. 3.

^j Ibid., p. 37 and similar pages in earlier editions.

^k Ibid., pp. 75-76 and similar pages in earlier editions.

^l U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, http://www.bts.gov/oai/employees/employcov.html as of Aug. 15, 2001.

^m Ibid., personal communication, Aug. 17, 2001.

ⁿ Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1973, (Washington, DC),Part III, Tables 2, 4, 7, 13.

^o Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics, December 1981 (Washington, DC), pp. 2, 5, 46, 84.

^p U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, (pre-1995, U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration), Air Carrier Traffic Statistics, (Washington, DC: Annual December issue), p. 2.

^q Ibid., p. 5.

^r Ibid., p. 64 and similar pages in earlier editions.

^s Ibid., p. 145 and similar pages in earlier editions.

^t Civil Aeronautics Board, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics, December 1981 (Washington, DC), pp. 3, 6, 85, 115.

^u U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, (pre-1995, U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration), Air Carrier Traffic Statistics, (Washington, DC: Annual December issue), p. 3.

^v Ibid., p. 6

^w Ibid., p. 65 and similar pages in earlier editions.

^x Ibid., p. 146 and similar pages in earlier editions.

^y Ibid., p. 190 and similar pages in earlier editions.

^z U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Report of Passenger Travel Between the U.S. and Foreign Countries, 1960, 1970 (Washington, DC).

^AAU.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. International Air Travel Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables IIa and IId.

^BBU.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, U.S. International Air Passenger Statistics Report, Calendar Year 1995, (Washington, DC), tables IIa, IId.

^CCNational Transportation Safety Board, Internet site http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/stats.htm as of Aug. 2001, tables 6 through 9.

^DDIbid., personal communication.