Air Carrier Groupings
Department of Transportation
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Office of Airline Information
Accounting and Reporting Directive
No. 304
Issue Date: 10-28-11
Effective Date: 1-1-2012
Part: 241
Section: 04
This Accounting and Reporting Directive updates the reporting groups for filing the Form 41 report during calendar year 2012. From our review, we updated the carrier groupings as follows:
| Air Carrier | New Reporting Group |
|---|---|
| Kalitta Air LLC | Group III |
| Gulf & Caribbean Cargo | Group I - $20 million to $100 million |
| Kalitta Charters II | Group I - $20 million to $100 million |
| Tradewinds Airlines | Group I - $20 million to $100 million |
Carriers are grouped according to the operating revenue boundaries contained in Section 04 of Part 241. The current reporting levels are:
| Group III | Over $1 billion |
| Group II | Over $100 million to $1 billion |
| Group I | $100 million and under |
| Subgroups | |
| Group I | $20 million to $100 million |
| Group I | Under $20 million |
Changes in the reporting groups will become effective January 1, 2012. Any questions regarding the groupings should be directed to Jeff.Gorham@dot.gov.
Anne Y. Suissa
Director
Airline
Information
Attachment
Group III Air Carriers - 18
Carrier
Air Tran
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
American Eagle
Astar*
Atlas Air
Delta Air Lines
Federal Express
Frontier Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
Jet Blue
Kalitta Air LLC
SkyWest
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines (merger with Continental effective 1/1/2012)
UPS
USAirways
World Airways *
* Reporting in Group III by waiver.
Group II Air Carriers - 33
Carrier
ABX – Airborne
Air Transport Int'l
Air
Wisconsin
Allegiant
Air
Amerijet
Atlantic
Southeast
Centurion
Air Cargo
Colgan
Comair
Compass
Evergreen
Int'l
Executive
Airlines
ExpressJet
Airlines
Go Jet
Horizon
Air
Mesa
Airlines
Mesaba
Airlines
Miami Air International
North
American Airlines
Omni Air Express
Pinnacle
Polar
Air Cargo
PSA
Republic
Airlines
Ryan
International
Shuttle America
Southern
Air
Spirit
Air Lines
Sun
Country
USA 3000
USA
Jet
Virgin America
Vision
Group I Air Carriers (Over $20 Million Operating Revenues) - 14
Carrier
Aerodynamics,
Inc.
Aloha
Air Cargo
Asia Pacific
Avjet
Corporation
Capital
Cargo International
Casino
Express
Florida West
Gulf &
Caribbean Cargo
Kalitta Charters II
Lynden
Air Cargo
National Air Cargo
Northern Air Cargo, Inc.
Tatonduk
Outfitters d/b/a Everts
Tradewinds
Airlines
Group I Air Carriers (Under $20 Million Operating Revenues) - 8
Carrier
Ameristar
Air Cargo
Falcon
Air
Kaiser
Prescott
Sierra
Pacific Airlines
Sky
King
Swift
Air
World Atlantic/Caribbean Sun