Southwest agreed to buy AirTran in a $1.4 billion deal that will combine two of the country’s largest low-fare airlines and give Southwest a bigger slice of the market in the Northeast and in Atlanta, at the world’s busiest airport. A look at the major U.S. airline carriers:
UNITED-CONTINENTAL
• Headquarters: Chicago
• Employees: 87,529
• Destinations served: 371
• Fleet: 1,236
• Alliance: Star Alliance
• Daily departures: 5,800
• ’09 Revenue: $28.9 billion
• Key U.S. hubs: Houston, Chicago, Newark, Denver, Los Angeles, Washington Dulles, Cleveland
DELTA
• Headquarters: Atlanta
• Employees: 81,916
• Destinations served: 369
• Fleet: 958
• Alliance: Sky Team
• Daily departures: 5,715
• ’09 Revenue: $28.1 billion
• Key U.S. hubs: Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York
SOUTHWEST-AIRTRAN
• Headquarters: Dallas
• Employees: 42,719
• Destinations served: 106
• Fleet: 682
• Alliance: --
• Daily departures: 3,886
• ’09 Revenue: $13.4 billion
• Key U.S. hubs: Chicago, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Phoenix
AMERICAN
• Headquarters: Fort Worth
• Employees: 86,451
• Destinations served: 250
• Fleet: 885
• Alliance: OneWorld
• Daily departures: 3,886
• ’09 Revenue: $19.2 billion
• Key U.S. hubs: Dallas, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, New York
US AIRWAYS
• Headquarters: Tempe, Ariz.
• Employees: 31,367
• Destinations served: 200 plus
• Fleet: 627
• Alliance: Star Alliance
• Daily departures: 1,216
• ’09 Revenue: $10.5 billion
• Key U.S. hubs: Charlotte, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Washington-Dulles, Cleveland
JETBLUE
• Headquarters: New York
• Employees: 12,000
• Destinations served: 61
• Fleet: 153
• Alliance: --
• Daily departures: 650
• ’09 Revenue: $3.3 billion
• Key U.S. hubs: New York, Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles/ Long Beach
Source: Company filings, Associated Press
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