"Table 4. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by September 2008 System* Scheduled Enplanements",,,,,
"Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)",,,,,
Sept 2008 Rank,Carrier,Sept 2008 Enplaned Passengers,Sept 2007 Rank,Sept 2007 Enplaned Passengers,Pct. Change 2007-2008
1,Southwest,7.353,1,7.979,-7.9
2,American,6.765,2,7.519,-10.0
3,Delta,5.534,3,5.580,-0.8
4,United,4.844,4,5.257,-7.9
5,US Airways**,4.101,7,3.038,35.0
6,Northwest,3.586,5,4.162,-13.8
7,Continental,3.034,6,3.607,-15.9
8,AirTran,1.663,9,1.728,-3.7
9,SkyWest,1.645,8,1.810,-9.1
10,JetBlue,1.439,11,1.486,-3.1
"Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market",,,,,
* System equals domestic plus international,,,,,
** US Airways' September 2008 number is the report of the merged US Airways and America West.  The September 2007 numbers were reported separately by US Airways. America West reported 1.268 million system passengers in September 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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