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2005 YEAR AT A GLANCE
12
Top 50 Regional Airline Companies in 2005
Owned
(32%)
Top 50 Carriers
Codeshare
Not Fully Owned
(64%)
RAA 2006 Annual Report
Independent
(4%)
2005 Rank 2005 Passengers Enplaned
Individual Carrier Primary Individual Carrier
Carrier Group Carrier Codes Shared Carrier Group
1 SkyWest Airlines 28,587,388
2 SkyWest Airlines CO/DL/UA 16,561,482
6 Atlantic Southeast Airlines DL 12,025,906
2 American Eagle 20,049,244
1 American Eagle Airlines AA 17,534,174
16 Executive Airlines AA 2,515,070
3 3 ExpressJet Airlines CO 15,985,404
4 Mesa Air Group 13,462,806
5 Mesa Airlines DL/HP/UA/US 13,006,201
26 Air Midwest US 366,123
38 Freedom Airlines HP/US 90,482
4 5 Comair DL 13,098,897
6 Republic Airlines 9,043,389
8 Chautauqua Airlines AA/DL/UA/US 7,812,039
17 Shuttle America US 1,231,350
7 Pinnacle Airlines NW 8,122,933
8 US Airways Express 7,573,704
12 PSA Airlines US 4,184,936
15 Piedmont Airlines US 3,388,768
9 Air Wisconsin Airlines UA/US 6,858,775
10 Horizon Air AS/F9 6,480,863
11 MAIR Holdings 5,815,428
11 Mesaba Airlines NW 5,705,073
35 Big Sky Airlines HP 110,355
12 Trans States Airlines 4,276,420
13 Trans States Airlines AA/UA/US 4,168,856
36 GoJet Airlines UA 107,564
14 13 Independence Airlines 1/ 2/ 4,060,651
18 14 Colgan Air UA/US 1,024,069
19 15 Skyway Airlines YX 895,234
20 16 Gulfstream Int'l Airlines CO/UA 851,469
21 17 Cape Air CO 837,758
22 18 Island Air AQ/HA 604,467
23 19 Great Lakes Aviation F9/UA 440,815
24 20 Commutair CO 374,831
25 21 Era Aviation AS 368,879
27 22 Scenic Airlines 337,657
28 23 Caribbean Sun Airlines US 283,285
29 24 Peninsula Airways AS 205,353
30 25 Regions Air AA 147,330
31 26 Seaborne Aviation 145,440
32 27 Hageland Aviation Service 122,053
33 28 Kenmore Air Harbor 115,685
34 29 Chicago Express Airlines 2/ TZ 110,901
37 30 Frontier Flying Service 95,129
39 31 Grant Aviation 79,614
40 32 Bering Air 63,734
41 33 Warbelow's Air Ventures 37,747
42 34 Wings of Alaska 32,598
43 35 Vieques Air Link 29,233
44 36 Chalk's Ocean Airways 2/ 26,212
45 37 Yute Air 24,067
46 38 Vintage Props & Jets 23,896
47 39 Wright Air Service 20,164
48 40 Boston-Maine Airways 1/ 19,481
49 41 Promech 16,566
50 42 L.A.B. Flying Service 14,959
Total Traffic Activity - Top 50 Airlines 150,764,528
Total Industry Traffic Activity 150,859,469
Top 50 Airlines as a Percent of Total 99.94%
Notes: 1/ Includes ONLY regional aircraft operations; 2/No longer operating
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