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Airline traffic is picking up again with the fourth month in a row of year-over-year gains in passengers, according to the Air Transport Association, a trade group that represents most domestic carriers. May totals were 6.6 percent ahead of May 2003, the ATA said.

But a report from the U.S. Department of Transportation tells another part of the story. A low-fare airline topped the monthly domestic passenger-traffic rankings for the first time last month, replacing the major network carriers .

Southwest Airlines carried 6.5 million domestic passengers last month, more than any other airline. A year earlier, Southwest ranked third behind Delta Air Lines and American Airlines. In April, Southwest ranked second behind Delta.

Southwest's top ranking in domestic passenger traffic culminates a long-trend of growth by low-fare carriers and lesser dominance by network carriers. In May 1990, for example, seven network carriers — American, Delta, US Air, United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines and TWA — carried more domestic passengers than the 1.9 million carried by Southwest.

Airline traffic is picking up again with the fourth month in a row of year-over-year gains in passengers, according to the Air Transport Association, a trade group that represents most domestic carriers. May totals were 6.6 percent ahead of May 2003, the ATA said.

But a report from the U.S. Department of Transportation tells another part of the story. A low-fare airline topped the monthly domestic passenger-traffic rankings for the first time last month, replacing the major network carriers .

Southwest Airlines carried 6.5 million domestic passengers last month, more than any other airline. A year earlier, Southwest ranked third behind Delta Air Lines and American Airlines. In April, Southwest ranked second behind Delta.

Southwest's top ranking in domestic passenger traffic culminates a long-trend of growth by low-fare carriers and lesser dominance by network carriers. In May 1990, for example, seven network carriers — American, Delta, US Air, United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines and TWA — carried more domestic passengers than the 1.9 million carried by Southwest.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/busi...0_dunphy17.html
 
If memory serves (a dangerous assumption), WN also topped the charts one month last year - fall I believe. These comparisons are based on domestic enplanements only, so Delta's international originating passengers don't count, but still an impressive showing.

Jim
 
I would think that with the new flights announced today, that these numbers will climb much, much higher. Just my thoughts...............
 

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