Official Statement Airport Commission City and County of San ...

Total enplanements for the Airport’s 10 most active airlines for Fiscal Years 2004-05 through 2008-09 and
for the first six months (July through December) of Fiscal Year 2008-09 and Fiscal Year 2009-10 are shown in the
table below.
TOTAL ENPLANEMENTS BY AIRLINE †
(Fiscal Years)
First Six Months
% of (July through December)
Airline 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08* 2008-09* 2008-09* (1) 2008-09* 2009-10*
United Airlines (2) 7,866,210 7,978,010 8,240,285 8,037,171 7,403,585 40.6% 3,835,918 3,883,554
American Airlines (3)
1,571,228 1,691,295 1,734,119 1,751,201 1,676,029 9.2 877,525 856,616
Southwest Airlines (4) – – – 737,484 1,203,425 6.6 570,399 789,050
Virgin America (5) – – – 526,131 1,044,365 5.7 527,251 674,430
Delta Air Lines (6) 926,574 1,003,587 863,454 974,886 901,108 4.9 492,301 479,659
US Airways (7)
486,721 410,160 405,969 855,866 852,915 4.7 454,778 426,713
Continental Airlines 563,361 608,801 647,065 666,619 685,283 3.8 363,995 392,197
Northwest Airlines (8)
626,655 662,438 705,553 697,199 664,339 3.6 355,853 349,331
Alaska Airlines (9)
624,460 633,759 722,039 739,167 576,352 3.2 340,482 291,928
Air Canada (10)
276,063 294,189 304,935 299,111 273,870 1.5 146,935 154,160
America West Airlines (11) 493,556 413,690 466,831 – – – – –
ATA Airlines (12)
362,997 – – – – – – –
British Airways (13) – 219,630 – – – – – –
Frontier Airlines (14)
– – 267,714 – – – – –
SUBTOTAL 13,797,825 13,884,559 14,357,964 15,284,835 15,281,271 83.8 7,954,437 8,297,638
All others 2,451,268 2,605,786 2,596,014 3,008,654 2,943,793 16.2 1,514,542 1,568,548
TOTAL 16,249,093 16,490,345 16,953,978 18,373,489 18,225,064 100.0% 9,479,979 9,866,186
Percentage Change 5.5% 1.5% 2.8% 8.4% (0.8%) 4.1%
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† Restated.
* Preliminary.
(1)
Figures do not total due to rounding.
(2)
Restated. Data has been restated to include enplanements for Ted, the United Airlines low-fare brand and SkyWest/United Airlines. On January 6,
2009, United Airlines ceased flying Ted as a separate brand.
(3)
(4)
Includes enplanements for American Eagle Airlines, the American Airlines low-fare brand.
Southwest Airlines reinitiated service at the Airport on August 26, 2007.
(5) Virgin America initiated service at the Airport on August 8, 2007.
(6) Restated. Data has been restated to include enplanements for Song, the Delta Air Lines Inc. (“Delta”) low-cost carrier (Fiscal Year 2005-06
only), and SkyWest/Delta. For Fiscal Years 2007-08 and 2008-09, includes enplanements for Express Jet and for Fiscal Year 2008-09,
enplanements for Mesaba Airlines, a Delta carrier. In May 2006, Delta ceased flying Song as a separate brand. On April 14, 2008, Delta
and Northwest Airlines Corporation (“Northwest”) announced an agreement to merge the two carriers into a new airline to be called Delta.
The merger was approved by Delta and Northwest shareholders on September 25, 2008 and by the United States Department of Justice on
October 29, 2008. Northwest was operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta until December 31, 2009 when the two airlines began
operating under a single FAA operating certificate. The reservation systems of the two airlines are scheduled to merge on January 31, 2010.
(7) Restated. Data for Fiscal Years 2007-08 and 2008-09 includes enplanements for Mesa Airlines, a US Airways carrier. Under its plan of
reorganization, which was effective in September 2005, US Airways created a new subsidiary (“US Airways Group, Inc.”) that merged into America
West Holdings Corporation which became a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways Group, Inc.
(8) On April 14, 2008, Delta Air Lines Inc. (“Delta”) and Northwest Airlines Corporation (“Northwest”) announced an agreement to merge the two
carriers into a new airline to be called Delta. The merger was approved by Delta and Northwest shareholders on September 25, 2008 and by the
United States Department of Justice on October 29, 2008. Northwest continues to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta until the FAA certificates
of the two airlines are combined. Northwest was operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta until December 31, 2009 when the two
airlines began operating under a single FAA operating certificate. The reservation systems of the two airlines are scheduled to merge on
January 31, 2010.
(9) Restated. Data has been restated for Fiscal Years 2007-08 and 2008-09 to include enplanements of Horizon Air, the Alaska Airlines regional carrier.
(10) Air Canada was not one of the 10 most active airlines at the Airport by total enplanements for Fiscal Year 2007-08. Information includes
enplanements for Air Canada Jazz, the Air Canada regional affiliate brand.
(11) America West Airlines merged into America West Holdings Corporation and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways Group, Inc. as part
of the US Airways plan of reorganization.
(12) Effective April 27, 2006, ATA Airlines ceased flights at the Airport and moved its operations to Oakland International Airport. All amounts owed by
ATA Airlines to the Airport were paid in full.
(13) British Airways was not one of the 10 most active airlines at the Airport by total enplanements for Fiscal Years 2004-05 through 2008-09.
(14) On October 1, 2009, Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (“Republic”) completed its acquisition of Frontier Airlines Holdings pursuant to an auction
process in the Frontier Airlines Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Republic continues to operate the Frontier band as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
Source: San Francisco Airport Commission.
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