Southwest Airlines becomes US’s largest carrier

Friday, 21 Nov, 2006 0

Southwest Airlines became the nation’s largest carrier, flying the most passengers of any US airline last August, according to statistics from the federal Bureau of Transportation.

The carrier flew 8.7 million passengers for the month, which was the latest record available.

“The total includes domestic and international passengers. Southwest, which doesn’t offer international flights, previously had ranked No. 1 in domestic passengers, but this is the first time it topped the list for total passengers,” observed The Arizona Republic.

The move was interpreted as a sign that discount carriers now ruled the sky.

The next largest airlines by boardings in August were American, United, Delta, Northwest, Continental and US Airways.

Report by David Wilkening



 

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