Sat, Dec 18, 2004
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
- Ameristar Air Cargo
- Asian Pacific
- BNJ Charter
-
Centurion
- Custom Air Transport
- Gulf & Caribbean
- Kalitta Air Charters
- Planet Airways
- Sierra Pacific Airlines
- Sun World International
- Trans-Air Link
- Victory Air Transport
- Zantop
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