"Table 3. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by January-October 2008 System* Scheduled Enplanements",,,,,
"Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)",,,,,
Jan-Oct 2008 Rank,Carrier,Jan-Oct 2008 Enplaned Passengers,Jan-Oct 2007 Rank,Jan-Oct 2007 Enplaned Passengers,Pct. Change 2007-2008
1,Southwest,86.508,1,85.559,1.1
2,American,78.775,2,82.257,-4.2
3,Delta,60.245,3,61.503,-2.0
4,United,54.092,4,57.981,-6.7
5,US Airways**,46.382,7,33.336,39.1
6,Northwest,41.957,5,45.360,-7.5
7,Continental,39.892,6,41.095,-2.9
8,AirTran,20.800,8,19.835,4.9
9,JetBlue,18.334,10,17.761,3.2
10,SkyWest,17.699,9,18.577,-4.7
"Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market",,,,,
* System equals domestic plus international,,,,,
** US Airways' Oct 2007 and Jan-Sept 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 15.657 million system passengers in Jan-Sept 2007. ,,,,,
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.",,,,,
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