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Air Carrier ProfileFinancial 1960 1970 1980 1990 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006Operating revenues (thousand dollars) 1Domestic total a 2,178,339 7,180,161 26,440,297 58,201,660 66,672,151 71,424,865 77,396,919 82,599,270 86,856,624 91,351,103 98,899,810 86,573,051 79,336,448 88,870,097 100,902,509 110,269,243 120,279,816Majors, all services 1,942,635 6,272,775 23,012,073 56,138,825 59,846,676 63,226,187 69,515,318 74,942,391 77,650,810 80,800,698 89,293,771 78,599,844 71,730,250 77,196,343 85,605,321 95,955,258 110,175,124Nationals, all services 146,481 736,831 3,182,418 1,251,559 4,888,701 6,329,602 6,109,778 5,940,674 7,225,393 9,230,210 9,016,171 7,494,385 6,961,517 10,580,912 14,064,227 13,171,292 9,200,672Large regionals, all services N N 245,806 703,526 1,031,404 1,148,504 1,230,628 1,366,503 1,617,586 902,160 589,869 478,822 644,680 1,092,842 1,232,961 1,142,693 904,019International total 705,938 2,109,497 6,442,144 17,824,538 22,364,429 23,432,883 25,046,819 27,318,034 26,611,331 27,958,958 31,348,410 28,706,979 27,837,150 28,897,918 33,719,280 39,535,274 44,388,011Majors, all services 705,938 2,109,497 5,976,221 17,083,295 19,222,842 19,820,215 20,960,305 23,608,853 23,356,233 24,447,607 28,097,698 25,883,361 24,528,512 24,964,860 29,735,873 34,226,000 38,988,147Nationals, all services N N 465,923 380,294 2,568,643 2,819,653 3,751,539 3,338,903 2,668,243 3,026,884 2,801,690 2,503,678 2,959,809 3,408,860 3,399,904 4,803,265 5,160,564Large regionals, all services N N N 357,761 572,944 793,015 334,975 370,278 586,855 484,468 449,022 319,940 348,828 524,198 583,502 506,009 239,299Total large-certificated a 2,884,877 9,289,658 32,882,441 76,026,198 89,036,580 94,857,748 102,443,738 109,917,304 113,467,954 119,310,062 130,248,220 115,280,030 107,173,597 117,768,015 134,621,789 149,804,516 164,667,827Operating expenses (thousand dollars) 1Domestic total a 2,052,094 7,001,668 26,465,999 59,183,777 64,456,644 66,667,151 72,145,242 76,125,467 78,796,175 84,816,236 93,548,937 94,949,876 86,826,833 91,520,149 104,621,676 112,363,170 116,140,022Majors, all services 1,907,785 6,256,039 23,150,527 57,138,322 57,824,115 58,694,406 64,143,384 68,307,270 70,114,852 74,834,600 84,206,809 86,611,140 79,196,985 80,810,165 89,877,864 98,352,872 106,259,194Nationals, all services 144,309 745,629 3,058,289 1,258,274 4,666,546 6,178,809 6,058,307 5,921,639 6,672,705 8,638,079 8,726,001 7,814,067 6,958,543 9,677,656 13,501,703 12,849,910 8,985,641Large regionals, all services N N 257,183 676,688 1,077,578 1,055,905 1,328,760 1,502,305 1,600,958 858,956 616,126 524,670 671,305 1,032,329 1,242,109 1,160,389 895,187International total 665,660 2,065,605 6,642,095 18,757,740 21,842,021 22,335,258 24,155,202 25,249,593 25,387,024 26,157,262 29,685,280 30,649,400 28,922,103 28,340,403 31,490,257 37,059,043 41,001,911Majors, all services 665,660 2,065,605 6,171,366 18,086,050 18,875,302 18,997,478 20,406,144 21,688,642 22,321,441 22,993,261 26,647,046 27,664,641 25,687,398 24,606,982 27,783,564 32,207,742 35,951,166Nationals, all services N N 470,729 325,273 2,372,138 2,582,833 3,414,618 3,209,074 2,514,464 2,714,754 2,556,866 2,663,591 2,914,105 3,253,707 3,157,046 4,349,805 4,818,660Large regionals, all services N N N 344,097 594,581 754,947 334,440 351,877 551,119 449,247 481,367 321,169 320,601 479,714 549,646 501,496 232,085Total large-certificated a 2,717,754 9,067,273 33,108,094 77,941,517 86,298,665 89,002,409 96,300,444 101,375,060 104,183,200 110,973,499 123,234,216 125,599,276 115,748,936 119,860,552 136,111,932 149,422,213 157,141,933Inventory for large-certificated carriers bNumber of carriers c,2Total domestic and international 55 39 (R) 52 (R) 58 (R) 66 (R) 84 (R) 88 (R) 72 (R) 74 (R) 75 (R) 66 (R) 61 (R) 62 65 69 67 66Majors N N 14 12 11 11 12 13 13 13 14 (R) 14 13 14 14 17 20Nationals N N (R) 16 15 (R) 22 27 31 (R) 28 27 (R) 28 (R) 29 (R) 26 (R) 25 26 28 28 25Regionals N N (R) 22 (R) 31 (R) 33 (R) 46 (R) 45 (R) 31 (R) 34 (R) 34 (R) 23 (R) 21 (R) 24 25 27 22 21Number of aircraft available for service 3Total domestic and international 2,135 2,690 2,818 4,727 5,221 5,567 5,961 5,770 6,144 6,254 6,522 6,081 5,819 6,675 7,051 6,750 6,758Majors N N 2,071 3,854 4,085 4,039 4,422 4,352 4,605 4,711 5,118 4,996 4,530 4,948 4,904 5,018 5,626Nationals N N 432 650 819 1,143 1,167 967 1,113 1,319 1,182 952 1,079 1,299 1,858 1,478 940Regionals N N 315 223 317 385 372 451 426 224 222 133 210 428 289 254 192Number of full-time equivalent employees c,2Total domestic and international 169,872 304,690 347,335 555,262 535,394 555,537 575,937 593,542 631,147 659,689 667,778 599,531 590,779 558,246 563,588 547,795 539,833Majors 118,189 214,021 312,842 517,754 481,041 484,870 511,270 540,039 564,388 590,197 612,814 557,422 537,776 489,036 478,114 478,142 490,631Nationals 12,470 24,913 29,269 30,225 42,785 54,447 51,921 43,630 54,205 60,756 51,384 38,446 48,685 64,348 78,090 63,246 41,908Regionals N N 5,225 7,283 11,569 16,221 12,747 9,873 12,555 8,737 3,580 3,664 4,318 4,863 7,385 6,407 7,295continued