"Table 7. Top 10 Airlines, ranked by January-December 2008 International Scheduled Enplanements*",,,,,
Passenger numbers in thousands (000),,,,,
2008 Rank,Airline,2008 Enplaned Passengers,2007 Rank,2007 Enplaned Passengers,Pct. Change 2007-2008
1,American,"21,233.2",1,"21,613.4",-1.8
2,Continental,"12,417.8",3,"11,880.9",4.5
3,Delta,"12,339.1",4,"11,430.0",8.0
4,United,"11,409.4",2,"11,963.4",-4.6
5,Northwest,"10,322.9",5,"9,902.6",4.2
6,US Airways**,"6,271.7",8,"4,978.5",26.0
7,British Airways,"5,579.8",6,"5,711.5",-2.3
8,Air Canada,"5,311.2",7,"5,602.9",-5.2
9,Lufthansa ,"5,002.4",9,"4,796.2",4.3
10,Air France,"3,636.9",10,"3,632.8",0.1
"Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market",,,,,
"* Includes U.S. carrier scheduled international service and foreign carrier scheduled international service to and from the United States.  For U.S. carrier scheduled international service data for 2008, see the BTS December air traffic press release http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2009/bts012_09/html/bts012_09.html",,,,,
** US Airways' Oct-Nov 2007 and Jan-Nov 2008 numbers are the report of the merged US Airways and America West. The Jan-Sept 2007 numbers were reported separately by US Airways and America West. America West reported 990.3 thousand international passengers in Jan-Sept 2007. ,,,,,
Note: Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.,,,,,
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