DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics issues list of new
reporting groups
The US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transport
Statistics has updated its reporting groups for the calendar year
2005, and overall five airlines have been upgraded.
Jet Blue Airways, an
all-coach airline operating A320's in the US and the Caribbean has
been upgraded to the Major Airline list. Comair, a subsidiary of
Delta Airlines which operates as Delta Connection, has also been
upgraded to Major Airline status. This status is attained by
airlines after they break the $1 billion revenue milestone.
Sun Country Airlines
and USA 3000 have been upgraded to National Airline status, with
reported revenues of $100 million to $1 billion. Sky King Airlines
has also been upgraded to Large Regional Airline status after
reporting revenues of over $20 million.
Carriers are grouped according to the operating revenue
boundaries. The current reporting levels are:
Group 3 (Majors) Over $1 billion
Group 2 (Nationals) Over $100 million to $1 billion
Group 1 (Regionals) $100 million and under
Subgroups
Group 1 (Large Regionals) $20 million to $100 million
Group 1 (Medium Regionals) Under $20 million
The changes in the reporting groups will become effective
January 1, 2005. The airlines in all the groups are listed below in
alphabetical order.
Group 3 (Majors) Air Carriers - 17
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
American Eagle Airlines
American Trans Air
America West
Comair
Continental
ExpressJet Airlines d/b/a Continental
Express
Delta Air Lines
Federal Express
Jet Blue
Northwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines
UPS
USAirways
World Airways (Reporting in Group 3 by waiver)
Group 2 (Nationals) Air Carriers - 31
AirTran
Air Transport Int'l
Air Wisconsin
Aloha
Airlines
Arrow Air, Inc.
Astar
Atlantic Coast d/b/a Independence Air
Atlantic Southeast
Atlas Air
Champion Air
Continental Micronesia
Evergreen Int'l
Executive Airlines
Frontier Airlines
Gemini Air Cargo
Hawaiian Airlines
Horizon Air
Kalitta Air
Mesa Airlines
Mesaba Airlines
Midwest Express
North American Airlines
Omni Air Express
Pinnacle
Polar Air
Cargo
Ryan Int’l Airlines
Skywest
Spirit Air Lines
Sun Country
Trans States Airlines
USA
3000
Group 1 (Large Regionals) Air Carriers (Over $20 Million
Operating Revenues) - 24
Aerodynamics, Inc.
Allegiant
Amerijet Int'l
Airlines
Capital Cargo International
Casino Express
Express.Net
Falcon Air
Florida West Airlines, Inc.
Freedom Airlines
Ktty Hawk Air Cargo
Lynden Air Cargo
Miami Air
Int'l
Northern Air Cargo, Inc.
Pace Airlines
Pan American Airlines
Primaris
PSA
Sky King
Southeast
Southern Air
Evert’s
Tradewinds Airlines
Transmeridian Airlines
USA Jet Airlines
Group 1 (Medium Regionals) Air Carriers (Under $20 Million
Operating Revenues) - 13
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