Airlines: ranked by 2002 passengers carried at L.A. County airports. (The List).EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IT was another year of declining traffic for the 25 largest airlines in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, with 3.8 million fewer passengers in 2002 over the year earlier. The 25 largest airlines accounted for 89 percent of total L.A. County passenger traffic, holding steady from 2001. Declines at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX fueled the drop, with a 12 percent decrease in overall traffic, to 56.2 million passengers in 2002 from 61.6 million a year earlier. Anchored by discount heavyweights Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. and JetBlue Airways For the Jet Blue database used in Exchange Server and Active Directory, see Extensible Storage Engine. JetBlue Airways is a major American low-cost airline owned by JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). , smaller airports at Long Beach and Burbank Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. fared better. With the arrival of JetBlue, Long Beach Airport more than doubled its passenger traffic to 1.5 million in 2002. JetBlue accounted for 55 percent of Long Beach's total passenger traffic last year. Debuting at No. 17, the carrier increased its passenger volume 10 fold last year, rocketing to 792,591 passengers from 79,049 in 2001. Burbank Airport also saw a 3 percent increase in passenger volume, to 4.6 million in 2002. Burbank's dominant airline, Southwest Southwest or south west is the ordinal direction halfway between south and west, the opposite of northeast. Southwest or south west may also refer to:
[GRAPHICS OMITTED] THE PACESETTER UNITED AIRLINES UNITED continued to see its L.A. County passenger load drop in 2002, shedding shedding, n See exfoliation. shedding 1. exfoliation of entire skin, called also ecdysis, exuviate. 2. falling out of haircoat. 3. putting animals into a shed. 4. 2.9 million people in 2002 to 10.4 million, while No. 2 Southwest held steady. As a result, with fewer than 400,000 passengers separating United and Southwest, the long-time market leader is in danger of losing the top spot. United saw a decrease in passenger volume at Los Angeles International and Long Beach airports and at Ontario Ontario, city, United States Ontario, city (1990 pop. 133,179), San Bernardino co., S Calif., near Los Angeles, in a region of vineyards; inc. 1891. Airport in San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. County. The bulk of United's L.A. County traffic comes through LAX, with 9.9 million passengers in 2002 and 110 flights in and out of the airport daily. Flight levels are up from the immediate post-Sept. 11 levels, but still trail the 190-flight pre-attack volume. Jill Sheffield Sheffield, city, England Sheffield, city (1991 pop. 470,685), N England, at the confluence of the Don River and four tributaries. Sheffield was one of the leading industrial cities of England. It has been a center of cutlery manufacture since the 14th cent. , managing director of sales, attributes the decrease in passenger numbers to a reduction in schedule, but says that the load factor per plane has been high. "It was a tough spring with the war and SARS, but in June June: see month. business rebounded in the Pacific as well as domestically," said Sheffield. United's parent company, UAL UAL United Airlines (ICAO code) UAL Unified Accelerator Library (Brookhaven National Laboratory) UAL User Account Lockdown UAL User Access Layer UAL Universal Auxiliary Language UAL User Agent Layer Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy bankruptcy, in law, settlement of the liabilities of a person or organization wholly or partially unable to meet financial obligations. The purposes are to distribute, through a court-appointed receiver, the bankrupt's assets equitably among creditors and, in most protection in December December: see month. when it was unable to meet debt obligations. The company estimated it would take 18 months to emerge from bankruptcy.
Rank Airline (Ranking in 2002) Passengers (1)
* address * 2002
* 2001
1 United Airlines (2) (1) 10,388,044
1960 E. Grand Ave., Suite 1000 13,290,826
El Segundo 90245
2 Southwest Airlines (2) 10,010,865
5777 W. Century Blvd., Suite 1190 10,190,741
Los Angeles 90045
3 American Airlines (3) 8,370,709
222 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 2100 7,913,171
El Segundo 90245
4 Delta Airlines (4) 4,288,935
6150 W. Century Blvd. 4,848,642
Los Angeles 90045
5 Alaska Airlines (5) 2,665,686
5700 W. Century Blvd., Suite 201 2,609,193
Los Angeles 90045
6 Skywest Airlines (9) 2,182,681
6022 Avion Drive 1,831,992
Los Angeles 90045
7 Northwest Airlines (6) 2,011,622
11101 Aviation Blvd., Suite 200 2,341,617
Los Angeles 90045
8 America West Airlines (7) 1,909,345
100 World Way 1,917,691
Los Angeles 90045
9 Continental Airlines (8) 1,723,325
600 World Way, Terminal Six 1,865,576
Los Angeles 90045
10 US Airways (3) (10) 1,226,244
100 World Way 1,394,539
Los Angeles 90045
11 American Eagle (12) 1,130,743
720 Aero Vista Place, Suite D 1,027,653
San Luis Obispo 93401
12 CMA Mexicans Airlines (11) 966,895
9841 Airport Blvd., Suite 220 1,134,308
Los Angeles 90045
13 Qantas Airlines (14) 932,197
6080 Center Drive, Suite 400 914,740
Los Angeles 90045
14 Air Canada (4) (13) 906,231
16478 Beach Blvd., PMB 401 954,999
Westminster 92683
15 American Trans Air (18) 873,921
200 World Way West, Terminal Two 847,300
Los Angeles 90045
16 Air New Zealand (15) 873,732
1960 E. Grand Ave., Suite 900 889,673
El Segundo 90245
17 JetBlue Airways (5) 792,591
118-29 Queens Blvd. 79,049
Forest Hills, N.Y. 11375
18 Hawaiian Air (6) (16) 741,661
6033 W. Century Blvd., Suite 810 885,276
Los Angeles 90045
19 Korean Air (19) 660,104
6101 W. Imperial Highway 710,146
Los Angeles 90045
20 Japan Airlines (21) 533,721
300 Continental Blvd., Suite 401 607,388
El Segundo 90245
21 Air France 481,337
725 S. Figueroa St., Suite 3250 387,575
Los Angeles 90017
22 Aeromexico (20) 474,223
6033 W. Century Blvd., Suite 990 612,853
Los Angeles 90045
23 China Airlines (22) 446,224
6053 W. Century Blvd., Suite 800 416,068
Los Angeles 90045
24 British Airways (24) 434,411
177 Post St., Suite 500 400,016
San Francisco 94108
25 Lufthansa German Airlines (25) 405,921
30080 World Way, Box S11 393,856
Los Angeles 90045
Rank Market Share Stock Ticker Stock Performance
* 2002 * July 25, 2003 price
* 2001 * July 26, 2002 price
* percent change
1 16.7% UALAQ $0.58
19.9% $4.78
-87.9%
2 16.1 LUV 17
15.3 12.13
40.1
3 13.4 AMR 10.3
11.9 10.4
-1.4
4 6.9 DAL 11.31
7.3 14.21
-20.4
5 4.3 ALK 24.09
3.9 22
9.5
6 3.5 SKYW 18.04
2.7 16.76
7.6
7 3.2 NWAC 9.89
3.5 8.49
16.5
8 3.1 AWA 7.77
2.9 2.15
261.4
9 2.8 CAL 14.65
2.8 9.56
53.2
10 2 N/A N/A
2.1 N/A
N/A
11 1.8 AMR 10.3
1.5 10.4
0
12 1.6 Mexican Stock N/A
1.7 Exchange N/A
N/A
13 1.5 Australian Stock N/A
1.4 Exchange N/A
N/A
14 1.5 ACNAQ 0.23
1.4 2.3
-90
15 1.4 ATAH 10.06
1.3 7.25
38.8
16 1.4% New Zealand N/A
1.3% Stock Exchange N/A
N/A
17 1.3 JBLU $45.33
0.1 $44.5
1.9%
18 1.2 HA N/A
1.3 2.94
N/A
19 1.1 Korean Stock N/A
1.1 Exchange N/A
N/A
20 0.9 Tokyo Stock N/A
0.9 Exchange N/A
N/A
21 0.8 AIFRF N/A
0.6 N/A
N/A
22 0.8 Mexican Stock N/A
0.9 Exchange N/A
N/A
23 0.7 Taiwan Stock N/A
0.6 Exchange N/A
N/A
24 0.7 BAB 27.95
0.6 22
27
25 0.7 DLAKY 12.65
0.6 10.55
19.9
Rank Headquarters Phone Number
* Web site
1 Chicago (800) 864-8331
ual.com
2 Dallas (800) 435-9792
southwest.com
3 Ft. Worth (800) 433-7300
aa.com
4 Atlanta (800) 221-1212
delta.com
5 Seattle (800) 252-7522
alaskaair.com
6 St. George, Utah (800) 241-6522
skywest.com
7 Eagan, Minn. (800) 225-2525
nwa.com
8 Phoenix (800) 235-9292
americawest.com
9 Houston (800) 523-3273
continental.com
10 Arlington, Va. (800) 428-4322
usairways.com
11 Dallas (800) 433-7300
aa.com
12 Mexico City (800) 531-7921
mexicana.com
13 Sydney, Australia (800) 227-4500
qantas.com.au
14 Montreal, Canada (888) 247-2262
aircanada.ca
15 Indianapolis (800) 435-9282
ata.com
16 Auckland, New (800) 262-1234
Zealand airnz.co.nz
17 Forest Hills, N.Y. (800) 538-2583
jetblue.com
18 Honolulu (800) 367-5320
hawaiianair.com
19 Seoul (800) 438-5000
koreanair.com
20 Tokyo (800) 525-3663
japanair.com
21 Paris (800) 237-2747
airfrance.com
22 Mexico City (800) 237-6639
aeromexico.com
23 Taipei, Taiwan (800) 227-5118
china-airlines.com
24 London (800) 247-9297
british-airways.com
25 Cologne, Germany (800)645-3880
lufthansa.com
Rank Top Local Executive
* name
* title
* phone
1 Jill Sheffield
managing director of sales
(310) 414-2510
2 Anastasia Albanese-O'Neill
district marketing manager
(310) 215-5829
3 Rosilyn Richey
regional sales manager
(310) 648-6431
4 Grant Reeder
regional director, industry marketing
(310) 216-2200
5 LaRue Sume
district sales manager
(310) 337-9512
6 Terry Bais
general manager
(310) 646-3100
7 Dave Myrick
regional sales director
(310) 646-0766
8 Dennis Anderson
general manager
(310) 348-7901
9 Jay Wedding
director, airport services
(310) 568-3100
10 Mike Cilani
station manager
(310) 646-0093
11 David M. Brown
v.p., Southwest region
(805) 541-1010
12 Linda Mansell
vice president, West Coast
(310) 646-0401
13 Wally Mariani
sr. exec. v.p. of Americas
(310) 726-1400
14 Anna Innis
passenger sales representative
(800) 789-7352
15 Jack O'Brien
v.p. sales, West region
(510) 635-5866
16 John Peterson
marketing director, West Coast
(310) 648-7000
17 David Neeleman
ceo
(718) 709-3026
18 Janet Y. Brown
sr. dir., North America sales
(310) 215-1866
19 H.S. Kim
v.p., regional director
(310) 417-5200
20 Tetsu Ohmori
v.p., manager, Western region
(310) 607-2330
21 David Brucia
v.p., passenger sales
(213) 624-1469
22 Juan Brothers
regional manager, West Coast
(310) 646-0317
23 Steve Yang
vice president of Americas
(310) 641-8888
24 Kevin Burns
reg. dir. of sales, Western US & Canada
(415) 982-2436
25 David Thomas
station manager
(310) 646-3944
N/A-- Not applicable
(1) At Los Angeles International Airport, Burbank Airport and Long
Beach Airport.
(2) Filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in December 2002.
(3) Emerged from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on March 31, 2003. New
stock has not been issued.
(4) Filed for protection under Companies' Creditors Arrangement
Act in April 2003.
(5) No West Coast offices.
(6) Filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in March 2003. Stock ceased
trading on July 14, 2003, with a closing price of $.80.
Note: Passanger and market share information has been provided
by the City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, the Long Beach
Airport and the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority.
Other information was supplied by representatives of the airlines
themselves. Airlines are ranked by the total number of enplaned
and deplaned passengers carried in 2002 at LAX, Burbank and Long
Beach airports, the three L.A. County airports featuring
commercial passenger lines.
To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of
press time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and
thoroughness of the list, omissions and typographical errors
sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company
letterhead to the Research Department, Los Angeles Business
Journal, 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 170, Los Angeles 90036.
[c] 2003 Los Angeles Business Journal. This list may not be
reprinted in whole or in part without prior written permission
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Researched by Nicole Taylor
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