Passenger Travel Up On U.S And On Foreign Airlines Serving The United States

Passenger Travel Up On U.S And On Foreign Airlines Serving The United States

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Passenger Travel Up On U.S And On Foreign Airlines Serving The United States By Steve Hall

		Tuesday, March 27, 2011 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported that 786.7 million scheduled passengers traveled on U.S. airlines and on foreign airlines serving the United States in 2010. This is a 2.1 percent increase from 2009. The 2010 passenger total still remained 3.2 percent below the level of 812.3 million in 2008. BTS, a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, in a release of preliminary data, reported that U.S. airlines carried 2.4 percent more total system passengers in 2010 than in 2009. U.S. airlines carried 1.9 percent more domestic passengers in 2010 and 5.9 percent more international passengers than in 2009. Passengers to and from the United States on foreign carriers decreased 0.3 percent from 2009.

During the first six months of 2010, the number of passengers carried on U.S. airlines and on foreign airlines to and from the United States increased 1.6 percent from the same period in 2009. During the last six months, this increase was 2.6 percent. Top Airlines in 2010 - Delta Air Lines, following its merger with Northwest Airlines, carried more total system passengers in 2010 than any other U.S. airline for the first time since 2001. Delta carried more international passengers to and from the United States in 2010 than any other U.S. or foreign carrier after American had carried the most for 20 consecutive years. Top Airports in 2010 - More total system passengers boarded planes in 2010 at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International than at any other U.S. airport (Table 4); and more international passengers boarded planes at New York John F. Kennedy than at any other U.S. airport. U.S. carriers and foreign carriers serving the United States operated 10.0 million domestic and international flights in 2010, 0.8 percent fewer than operated in 2009.

Top 10 Airlines, ranked by January-December 2010 Scheduled Domestic and International Enplanements*

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

2010 Rank	Airline	2010 Enplaned Passengers	2009 Rank	2009 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2009-2010
1	Delta**	110.925	3	67.745	63.7
2	Southwest	106.228	1	101.338	4.8
3	American	86.129	2	85.720	0.5
4	United	54.080	4	56.025	-3.5
5	US Airways	51.814	5	50.975	1.6
6	Continental	43.479	6	43.946	-1.1
7	AirTran	24.558	8	23.968	2.5
8	SkyWest	24.218	10	21.246	14.0
9	JetBlue	24.199	9	22.378	8.1
10	Alaska	16.478	12	15.523	6.1

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