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Largest Airlines Public Companies in the US
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Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and Copa Airlines.
 | Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is one of the world's largest airlines, with a network of over 300 destinations in more than 50 countries. Delta operates a hub-and-spoke network, where it gathers and distributes passengers across the globe through its biggest hubs in Atlanta, New York, Salt Lake City, Detroit, Seattle, and Minneapolis-St. Paul. Delta has historically earned most of its international revenue and profits from flying passengers over the Atlantic Ocean. | $80 | +63% | $53B | $68B | 1.1x | 7.3x | ||
| Chicago-based United Airlines is a major US network carrier with hubs in San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles, Newark, and Washington, D.C. United operates a hub-and-spoke system that is more focused on international and long-haul travel, especially across the Pacific, than its large US peers. | $109 | +37% | $35B | $52B | 0.9x | 6.2x | ||
| Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic air carrier in the United States by passengers boarded. Southwest operates nearly 800 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite offering some longer routes and a few perks for business travelers, the airline predominantly specializes in short-haul, leisure flights operated in a single, open-seating cabin configuration in a point-to-point network. In early 2026, Southwest will modify its cabins to offer some rows with extra legroom and will update its ticketing process and merchandising to offer assigned seats and more fare categories, including a basic economy class that will more directly compete with other airlines' offerings and appear for the first time in travel aggregators' search results. | $42 | +31% | $21B | $24B | 0.8x | 10.6x | ||
| American Airlines is the world’s largest airline by aircraft, capacity, and scheduled revenue passenger miles. Its major US hubs are Dallas/Fort Worth, Charlotte, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. It generates over 30% of US airline revenue connecting Latin America with destinations in the United States. After completing a major fleet renewal, the company has the youngest average fleet of US legacy carriers. | $14 | +24% | $9B | $37B | 0.7x | 9.0x | ||
| Copa Holdings SA is a provider of airline passenger and cargo services through its subsidiaries. The company operates through the air transportation segment. It offers international air transportation for passengers, cargo, and mail, operating from its Panama City hub in the Republic of Panama, and domestic and international air transportation for passengers, cargo, and mail with a point-to-point route network through Copa Colombia, a Colombian air carrier. The company's geographical segments are North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. It derives the maximum revenue from North America. | $137 | +24% | $6B | $7B | 1.8x | 5.4x | ||
| Alaska Air Group Inc operates two airlines, Alaska and Horizon, in three operating segments. The Alaska Airlines segment includes scheduled air transportation on Alaska's Boeing and Airbus jet aircraft for passengers and cargo throughout the U.S., and in parts of Mexico and Costa Rica. The Regional segment includes Horizon's and other third-party carriers' scheduled air transportation for passengers across a shorter distance network within the U.S. and Canada under capacity purchase agreements. The Hawaiian Airlines segment includes scheduled air transportation on Hawaiian's Boeing and Airbus aircraft for passengers and cargo. It earns revenues from Passenger tickets, including ticket breakage and net of taxes and fees, Passenger ancillary, and Mileage Plan passenger revenue. | $44 | -11% | $5B | $10B | 0.7x | 6.9x | ||
| SkyWest Inc offers commercial air services in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Additionally, it leases aircraft to capable users to help generate revenue. SkyWest generally provides regional flights and utilizes smaller, lower-cost aircraft to carry passengers who book tickets through partner airlines. It partners with carriers to fly and operate aircraft for a fee and may use the carriers' brands and ground support to coordinate marketing and transport passengers. The company has two reportable segments: SkyWest Airlines and SWC, which generate maximum revenue, and SkyWest Leasing activities. | $82 | -21% | $3B | $5B | 1.3x | 4.9x | ||
| Allegiant Travel Co is a leisure travel company focused on providing travel and leisure services and products to residents of under-served cities in the United States. It operates a low-cost, low utilization passenger airline marketed to leisure travelers in under-served cities, allowing it to sell air transportation both on a stand-alone basis and bundled with the sale of air-related and third-party services and products. In addition, it provides air transportation under fixed-fee flight arrangements. In connection with its leisure travel focus, the company has opened Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor, equipped with several guestrooms and food and beverage outlets. The company's operating segments are the Airline, which generates maximum revenue, and Sunseeker Resort. | $88 | +60% | $2B | $3B | 1.3x | 8.1x | ||
| JetBlue Airways Corp is a low-cost airline that offers high-quality service, including assigned seating and in-flight entertainment. It served approximately 100 destinations in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America, Canada, and England. The company currently operates Airbus A321, Airbus A320, Airbus A321neo, and Embraer E190 aircraft types. The company has one operating segment, Air Transportation Services, which provides services in the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Canada, and Europe. The majority of revenue is generated from the Domestic & Canada segment. | $5 | +16% | $2B | $9B | 1.0x | 18.2x | ||
| Frontier Group Holdings Inc is an ultra-low-cost carrier whose business is focused on Low Fares Done Right. The company owns a fleet of 120 Airbus single-aisle aircraft, consisting of 13 A320ceos, 82 A320neos, 21 A321ceos, and 4 A321neos. The use of these aircraft, their seating configuration, weight-saving tactics, and baggage process have all contributed to the ability to continue to be the fuel-efficient of all the U.S. The Company is managed as a single business unit that provides air transportation for passengers. The majority of revenue is from Domestic flight follow by International. | $6 | +59% | $1B | $6B | 1.6x | (181.3x) | ||
| Sun Country Airlines Holdings Inc operates low-cost air carriers. The business has two operating segments: Passenger and Cargo. The passenger segment has two internal passenger groups Scheduled service and Charter. The Cargo segment provides air cargo services. The majority of the revenue is from the passenger segment. | $16 | +38% | $876M | $1B | - | - | ||
| Republic Airways Holdings Inc operates a fleets and aircraft and offers scheduled passenger service with daily flights to cities across the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Central America. | $19 | -- | $871M | $2B | 1.1x | 6.1x | ||
| flyExclusive Inc is an owner and operator of curated private aviation experiences dedicated to surpassing passenger expectations for quality, convenience, and safety. Its mission is to be the world’s majority vertically integrated private aviation company through capital-efficient program growth, an industry pricing model, optimal dispatch availability, in-house training, and a controlled premium customer experience on modernized aircraft. The company has over 100 aircraft in its owned and leased fleet which includes light, midsize, super-midsize, and large jets. As one of the nation’s Citation operators, it has curated a versatile fleet of Citation CJ3/CJ3 plus, Citation Excel/XLS/XLS plus, Citation Encore/Encore plus, Citation Sovereign, and Citation X aircraft. | $3 | +33% | $119M | $366M | 1.0x | (52.4x) | ||
| Surf Air Mobility Inc provides a regional air mobility platform to connect communities sustainably. The company is an electric aviation and air travel company expanding the category of regional air travel and reinventing flying through electrification. The company is building a regional air mobility ecosystem to sustainably connect the world's communities. It generates revenue through air mobility services. | Airlines+1 | $1 | -67% | $113M | $199M | 1.9x | (4.8x) | |
| Air T Inc together with its subsidiaries provides air freight service to the express delivery industry. The company's operating segments include Overnight air cargo, Ground equipment sales, Commercial jet engines, and parts, Corporate, and Others. The company generates maximum revenue from the Commercial Jet Engines and Parts segment. | $22 | -1% | $59M | $232M | 0.8x | 29.1x | ||
| Median | $22 | +27% | $2B | $6B | 1.0x | 6.5x |
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