"Table 10. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by October 2008 Domestic Scheduled Enplanements",,,,,
"Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)",,,,,
Oct 2008 Rank,Carrier,Oct 2008 Enplaned Passengers,Oct 2007 Rank,Oct 2007 Enplaned Passengers,Pct. Change 2007-2008
1,Southwest,8.563,1,8.524,0.5
2,American,5.854,2,6.479,-9.6
3,Delta,5.119,3,5.218,-1.9
4,United,4.247,4,4.688,-9.4
5,US Airways,3.983,5,4.286,-7.1
6,Northwest,2.895,6,3.618,-20.0
7,Continental,2.704,7,3.072,-12.0
8,AirTran,1.966,8,2.021,-2.7
9,SkyWest,1.622,9,1.817,-10.7
10,JetBlue,1.495,10,1.572,-4.9
"Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market",,,,,
Note: Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.,,,,,
"Note: Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, Republic Airlines, Shuttle America and Virgin America Airlines have requested confidentiality for traffic data. The airlines’ numbers are included in summary numbers in this press release but not in individual airline ranking tables pending resolution of the confidentiality motions.",,,,,