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

DOMESTIC ENPLANEMENTS BY AIRLINE †
(Fiscal Years)
% of
First Six Months
(July through December)
Airline 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08* 2008-09* 2008-09* 2008-09* 2009-10*
United Airlines (1) 6,458,884 6,484,061 6,637,448 6,332,254 5,885,426 42.0% 3,029,607 3,134,359
American Airlines (2) 1,571,228 1,691,295 1,734,119 1,751,201 1,676,029 12.0 877,525 856,616
Southwest Airlines (3) – – – 737,484 1,203,425 8.6 570,399 789,050
Virgin America (4) – – – 526,131 1,044,365 7.5 527,251 674,430
Delta Air Lines (5) 926,574 1,003,587 863,454 974,886 901,108 6.4 492,301 479,659
US Airways (6) 486,721 410,163 405,969 726,553 852,915 6.1 454,778 433,406
Continental Airlines 563,361 608,801 647,065 666,619 685,283 4.9 363,995 392,197
Northwest Airlines (7) 550,684 586,412 626,177 618,791 590,711 4.2 315,157 316,785
Alaska Airlines (8)
481,554 480,529 516,549 568,594 480,106 3.4 284,534 258,589
jetBlue Airways (9)
– – – 231,871 194,925 1.4 98,357 129,195
America West Airlines (10) 493,556 413,690 466,831 – – – – –
Frontier Airlines (11) 151,303 177,698 267,714 – – – – –
ATA Airlines (12) 362,997 174,716 – – – – – –
AirTran Airways (13)
– – 99,266 – – – – –
SUBTOTAL 12,046,862 12,030,952 12,265,592 13,108,679 13,514,293 96.5 7,013,904 7,464,286
All others 272,800 312,470 344,382 698,804 489,557 3.5 245,860 241,774
TOTAL 12,319,662 12,343,422 12,608,974 13,807,246 14,003,850 100.0% 7,259,764 7,706,060
Percentage Change
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5.2% 0.2% 2.2% 9.5% 1.4% 6.1%
† Restated.
* Preliminary.
(1)
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.
(2)
Includes enplanements for American Eagle Airlines, the American Airlines low-fare brand.
(3)
Southwest Airlines reinitiated service at the Airport on August 26, 2007.
(4)
Virgin America initiated service at the Airport on August 8, 2007.
(5)
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 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.
(6)
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.
(7)
On April 14, 2008, Delta Air Lines Inc. (“Delta”) and Northwest Airlines Corporation (“Northwest”) announced an agreement to merge the
two carriers will merge 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.
(8)
Restated. Data has been restated to include enplanements for Horizon Air, the Alaska Airlines regional carrier. The decline in domestic
enplanements is primarily due to discontinuance of service to San Diego since October 2007 and seat capacity reductions to Los Angeles
and Portland since November 2007 and May 2008, respectively.
(9)
jetBlue Airways commenced operations at the Airport on May 3, 2007.
(10)
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.
(11)
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.
(12)
ATA Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection in October 2004. Effective April 27, 2006 ATA 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)
AirTran Airways was not one of the 10 most active airlines at the Airport for Fiscal Years 2003-04 through 2007-08.
Source: San Francisco Airport Commission.
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