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Annual

	All Services			Scheduled Service						Non-Scheduled Service
	Revenue Passenger ton-miles in thousands (000)	Revenue Freight ton-miles in thousands (000)	Over-all available ton-miles in thousands (000)	Revenue Passenger Enplanements in thousands (000)	Revenue Passenger ton-miles in thousands (000)	Revenue Freight ton-miles in thousands (000)	Over-all available ton-miles in thousands (000)	Over-all revenue load factor %	Aircraft Revenue Departures	Revenue Passenger Miles (000) in thousands (000)	Available seat miles in thousands (000)	Over-all available ton-miles in thousands (000)	Over-all aircraft Revenue miles in thousands (000)
1981	26,006,304	7,917,192	64,244,767	285,270	24,888,837	5,618,113	61,185,825	52.2	5,211,867	11,175,294	13,880,966	3,058,944	95,356
1982	27,243,535	7,807,403	65,769,930	293,244	25,964,419	5,424,233	62,400,626	52.6	4,963,794	12,790,875	15,819,162	3,369,306	105,547
1983	29,514,326	8,496,903	68,778,295	317,905	28,182,910	6,026,755	65,384,562	54.7	5,033,906	13,314,626	16,439,041	3,393,732	114,017
1984	31,950,400	9,327,544	76,298,288	343,264	30,511,608	6,504,162	72,222,810	53.6	5,448,150	14,387,946	18,780,747	4,075,297	130,629
1985	35,106,979	9,047,799	80,565,182	380,024	33,640,249	6,020,993	76,059,016	54.3	5,835,474	14,670,456	17,888,643	4,506,166	141,840
1986	37,895,645	10,987,513	90,243,958	418,493	36,655,373	7,344,054	85,139,563	53.7	6,426,970	12,375,150	15,637,465	5,106,854	148,249
1987	41,786,983	13,136,973	99,152,795	447,307	40,452,656	8,260,199	92,208,517	54.7	6,581,309	13,358,573	22,150,055	6,944,190	194,222
1988	43,764,877	14,632,309	105,372,555	454,614	42,330,452	9,632,063	97,899,260	55.0	6,699,564	14,346,990	19,535,063	7,473,294	212,601
1989	44,748,070	16,347,294	109,397,126	453,692	43,271,421	10,274,860	100,082,172	55.4	6,622,080	14,766,111	19,512,231	9,314,953	249,206
1990	47,223,558	16,403,524	117,112,475	465,557	45,792,630	10,546,329	107,559,358	54.2	6,923,593	14,309,361	19,835,684	9,558,622	232,808
1991	46,329,643	16,149,708	116,374,506	452,210	44,795,483	10,225,199	105,599,057	53.9	6,782,782	15,341,552	22,830,463	10,775,454	245,408
1992	49,373,197	17,306,619	122,267,462	473,305	47,855,368	11,129,712	112,749,313	54.2	7,050,633	15,161,019	20,096,740	9,518,150	238,490
1993	50,599,323	19,082,941	126,329,589	487,249	48,968,441	11,943,595	115,473,414	54.6	7,245,395	16,311,651	22,318,046	10,856,179	271,288
1994	53,750,538	21,772,967	133,898,441	528,376	51,938,170	13,792,157	120,797,663	56.3	7,531,026	18,124,690	24,909,698	13,100,777	326,197
1995	55,875,407	23,374,677	140,053,033	547,384	54,065,620	14,577,522	126,153,760	56.3	8,061,521	18,113,598	24,181,783	13,910,923	333,651
1996	59,611,994	24,892,479	146,318,993	581,201	57,866,300	15,300,767	131,381,212	57.6	8,230,322	17,500,692	24,649,701	14,937,779	353,786
1997	61,993,091	27,610,097	152,923,133	598,895	60,341,875	17,961,113	137,543,878	58.8	8,126,936	16,549,815	23,374,975	15,379,253	365,968
1998	63,638,062	28,015,071	159,009,547	612,885	61,945,576	18,115,576	141,695,641	58.2	8,308,620	16,953,794	24,945,276	17,313,908	382,046
1999	66,812,474	25,147,844	147,159,879	635,402	65,159,648	19,345,933	149,467,775	58.1	8,616,167	16,573,013	23,911,314	15,791,353	389,454
2000	70,799,734	30,221,261	172,573,958	665,513	69,250,499	21,142,956	158,878,104	58.4	8,991,681	15,474,378	23,277,040	13,695,854	359,394
2001	66,495,473	27,881,618	170,771,385	622,131	65,166,254	20,108,948	157,743,830	55.3	8,789,123	13,178,767	20,044,138	13,027,555	293,345
2002	65,338,171	30,507,463	171,894,138	612,872	64,107,194	23,242,721	158,502,101	56.0	9,168,877	12,922,585	34,736,777	13,392,037	283,247
2003	67,100,137	32,445,917	178,461,797	646,523	65,584,983	24,608,358	163,529,614	56.0	10,839,668	15,151,529	25,805,179	14,932,182	262,646
2004	75,206,569	37,957,613	171,649,995	702,921	73,368,021	26,681,982	171,649,995	59.0	11,401,066	18,385,489	28,268,233	19,582,161	337,428
2005	79,511,748	39,291,661	200,281,922	738,629	77,901,389	26,840,918	178,968,873	59.2	11,561,951	16,103,590	25,987,964	21,313,048	330,348
2006	80,945,545	39,753,766	198,937,415	744,242	79,679,541	28,233,348	179,453,897	60.8	11,263,698	12,660,053	21,169,592	19,483,517	296,521
2007	84,097,643	39,841,608	204,328,189	768,849	82,848,922	28,584,573	184,759,051	60.8	11,361,283	12,487,215	22,206,382	19,569,138	297,959
2008

Key: U = Data are not available

*Source: "Origin and Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic - Table 1,"a publication of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, based upon a ten-percent sample. The ten-percent sample has been expanded to 100% and rounded to thousands (000) for ease of comparison with the "Revenue Passenger Enplanements" data.