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

TOTAL LANDED WEIGHT BY AIRLINE †
(in thousands of pounds)
(Fiscal Years)
% of
Airline 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08* 2008-09* 2008-09* (1)
First Six Months
(July through December)
2008-09 2009-10
United Airlines (2)
12,321,417 12,313,098 12,554,535 12,453,327 11,400,406 40.0% 5,982,755 5,745,292
American Airlines (3)
2,349,163 2,323,210 2,404,396 2,326,973 2,189,754 7.7 1,121,923 1,094,753
Southwest Airlines (4)
– – – 1,020,894 1,692,068 5.9 822,654 957,776
Virgin America (5)
– – – 798,792 1,375,840 4.8 661,113 823,258
Delta Air Lines (6)
1,310,551 1,458,610 1,153,206 1,211,760 1,014,116 3.6 543,380 547,242
US Airways (7)
591,450 509,699 479,417 1,058,981 1,000,392 3.5 528,453 505,237
Northwest Airlines (8)
817,113 836,418 872,979 847,587 818,617 2.9 427,102 442,132
Alaska Airlines (9)
936,116 944,781 1,101,771 1,040,205 787,777 2.8 419,846 336,712
Continental Airlines 645,957 665,174 707,835 722,688 720,030 2.5 372,199 393,864
British Airways 458,010 453,600 454,060 456,120 452,340 1.6 228,060 223,020
Japan Airlines 522,270 575,820 565,740 – – – – –
America West Airlines (10)
684,049 542,929 612,363 – – – – –
SUBTOTAL 20,636,096 20,613,339 20,906,302 21,937,327 21,451,340 71.9 11,107,485 11,069,286
All others 6,508,299 6,559,969 6,893,679 7,484,887 7,036,388 28.1 3,521,831 3,493,216
TOTAL 27,144,395 27,173,308 27,799,981 29,404,733 28,487,728 100.0% 14,629,316 14,562,502
Percentage Change
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0.6% 0.1% 2.3% 5.8% (3.2%) – (0.5%)
† Restated.
* Preliminary.
(1)
Figures do not total due to rounding.
(2)
Restated. Information includes landed weight 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)
Includes enplanements for American Eagle, the American Airlines low-fare brand.
(4)
Southwest Airlines initiated 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 carriers. 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.
(7)
Restated. Data for Fiscal Years 2007-08 and 2008-09 includes landed weight for Mesa Airlines, a US Airways carrier. 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.
(9)
Restated. Data for fiscal Years 2007-08 and 2008-09 includes landed weight for Mesa Airlines, a US Airways carrier.
(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.
Source: San Francisco Airport Commission.
Competition
The San Francisco Bay Area is also served by Metropolitan Oakland International Airport and Norman Y.
Mineta San Jose International Airport. During Fiscal Year 2008-09, the Airport’s passenger traffic (enplanements
and deplanements) decreased by 232,025 (-0.6%), Oakland’s decreased by 3,703,245 (-27.2%) and San Jose’s
decreased by 1,559,373 (-15.0%) compared to Fiscal Year 2007-08. According to traffic reports released by the
three Bay Area airports for Fiscal Year 2008-09, the Airport accounted for approximately 60.2% of total domestic
passenger traffic and approximately 97.3% of total international passenger traffic. The combined total passenger
traffic decrease at the three Bay Area airports during Fiscal Year 2008-09 was 5,494,643 (-9.0%) resulting in a
market share increase for the Airport of 5.6 percentage points and a total market share for the Airport of 66.1% in
Fiscal Year 2008-09 compared to 60.5% in Fiscal Year 2007-08.
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