Annual Report - Emerald Media

Industry Statistics
Corporate Groupings of Top 50 Regional Airlines
(as of February 2011)
2010 Individual
Carrier Rank
2010 Carrier
Group Rank
Carrier
Primary Codes Shared
in 2010
2010 Passengers
Enplaned
Percent
of Total
2010 Enplaned
Group
1 SkyWest Airlines 50,379,501
3 - SkyWest Airlines DL/FL/UA/YX 22,252,116 14.5%
6 - Atlantic Southeast DL 12,779,787 8.4%
4 - ExpressJet Airlines 1 CO/UA 15,347,598 10.0%
2 Republic Holdings 20,755,033
7 - Republic Airlines YS/YX/F9 10,146,520 6.6%
14 - Chautauqua Airlines AA/CO/DL/UA/US/YX 5,396,335 3.5%
15 - Shuttle America Corp. DL/UA 4,644,754 3.0%
26 - Lynx Aviation F9 567,424 0.4%
3 Pinnacle Airlines Corp. 18,239,340
8 - Pinnacle Airlines DL 10,041,090 6.6%
20 - Colgan Air CO/UA/US 2,501,792 1.6%
12 - Mesaba Airlines DL/US 5,696,458 3.7%
4 American Eagle 17,454,146
5 - American Eagle AA 14,905,796 9.7%
19 - Executive Airlines AA 2,548,350 1.7%
5 Mesa Air Group 9,189,209
9 - Mesa Airlines UA/US 8,342,116 5.5%
23 - Freedom Airlines 2 DL 847,093 0.6%
6 Trans States Holdings 7,559,164
22 - Trans States Airlines AA/UA/US 2,033,792 1.3%
21 - GoJet Airlines US 2,462,424 1.6%
17 - Compass Air DL 3,062,948 2.0%
7 US Airways Group 7,324,648
16 - PSA Airlines Inc. US 4,577,860 3.0%
18 - Piedmont Airlines US 2,746,788 1.8%
10 8 Horizon Air AS 6,226,168 4.1%
9 Delta Air Lines 5,956,105
11 - Comair, Inc. DL 5,956,105 3.9%
13 10 Air Wisconsin Corp. US 5,422,547 3.5%
24 11 Commutair CO 814,454 0.5%
25 12 Cape Air CO 611,388 0.4%
27 13 Great Lakes Aviation Ltd. F9/UA 456,977 0.3%
28 14 Gulfstream Intl UA/CO 375,489 0.2%
29 15 Era Aviation 338,748 0.2%
30 16 Hawaii Island Air 326,901 0.2%
31 17 Grand Canyon dba Scenic 232,207 0.2%
32 18 Peninsula Airways AS 210,199 0.1%
33 19 Seaborne Aviation 181,510 0.1%
34 20 Hageland Aviation 176,736 0.1%
35 21 Grant Aviation 117,448 0.1%
36 22 Wings of Alaska 91,022 0.1%
37 23 Kenmore Air Harbor 89,133 0.1%
38 24 Bering Air 73,459 0.0%
39 25 Vieques Airlink 52,751 0.0%
40 26 Yute Air - Flight Alaska 44,957 0.0%
41 27 PM Air LLC 38,240 0.0%
42 28 Warbelows Air Ventures 37,706 0.0%
43 29 Frontier Flying Service 36,472 0.0%
44 30 Pacific Wings Airlines 31,378 0.0%
45 31 Wright Air 29,370 0.0%
46 32 Taquan Air Service 22,165 0.0%
47 33 New England Airlines 20,042 0.0%
48 34 Pacific Airways 18,522 0.0%
49 35 Island Air Service 15,320 0.0%
50 36 Homer Air 13,519 0.0%
51 37 Iliamna Air Taxi 13,317 0.0%
Total Traffic Activity - Top 50 Airlines 152,975,291
Total Traffic Activity 153,025,691
Top 50 Airlines as a Percent of Total 99.97%
1 SkyWest acquired ExpressJet in August, 2010
2 Freedom Airlines ceased operation August 31, 2010
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Source: OAG Form41 iNET
RAA 2011 Annual Report