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Mon, Dec 5, 2011 (3 a.m.)
| Airline | Passengers | Average daily flights | Average daily seats | Cities | Top executive | |
| 1 | Southwest Airlines, Southwest.com | 15.7 million | 206.3 | 28,045 | 54 | Gary Kelly, CEO |
| 2 | Delta Air Lines Delta.com |
4.1 million | 33.9 | 6,077 | 7 | Richard Anderson, CEO |
| 3 | United Airlines United.com |
2.6 million | 23 | 3,577 | 5 | Jeff Smisek, president and CEO |
| 4a | US Airways USAirways.com |
2.3 million | 25 | 3,623 | 8 | Doug Parker, CEO |
| 4b | American Airlines AA.com |
2.3 million | 24.7 | 3,645 | 5 | Gerard Arpey, president and CEO |
| 5a | Continental Airlines Continental.com |
2 million | 13.1 | 2,469 | 3 | Jeff Smisek, president and CEO |
| 5b | Allegiant Air AllegiantAir.com |
2 million | 19.3 | 2,893 | 44 | Maurice Gallagher, president and CEO |
| 6 | Alaska Airlines AlaskaAir.com |
1.1 million | 11.6 | 1,731 | 4 | William Ayer, president and CEO |
| 7 | JetBlue Airways JetBlue.com |
776,422 | 7.9 | 1,179 | 4 | David Barger, president and CEO |
| 8 | Frontier Airlines FrontierAirlines.com |
686,587 | 7.4 | 1,010 | 2 | Bryan Bedford, CEO |
| 9 | AirTran Airways airtran.com |
531,217 | 6 | 822 | 2 | Gary Kelly, CEO |
| 10 | Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianAir.com |
467,992 | 2.7 | 774 | 2 | Mark Dunkerley, president and CEO |
| 11 | Virgin America VirginAmerica.com |
462,448 | 5.9 | 819 | 2 | David Cush, president and CEO |
| 12 | Spirit Airlines SpiritAir.com |
328,964 | 5 | 798 | 3 | Ben Baldanza, president and CEO |
| 13 | Sun Country Airlines SunCountry.com |
122,036 | 1.6 | 247 | 1 | Stan Gadek, CEO |
Source: VEGAS INC research. It is not the intent of this list to endorse the participants or to imply that the listing of a company indicates its quality. Although every attempt is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of VEGAS INC lists, omissions sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to Ed Hauth, research associate, VEGAS INC, 2360 Corporate Circle, 3rd Floor, Henderson, NV 89074.
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