Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
airlines
Subsidy Total:
$2,495,089,289
Number of Awards:
708
Time Period:
Earliest year of data: 1991. Availability of data for earlier years varies greatly from program to program. The majority of the listings for this industry are for the period since 2009.
Notes:
The total includes only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. Dollar totals do not include awards for which no subsidy value is disclosed.
| Top 10 Parent Companies | Total Subsidy $ | Number of Awards |
|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | $878,127,081 | 22 |
| SkyWest | $563,094,534 | 293 |
| United Airlines Holdings | $405,753,603 | 28 |
| American Airlines | $197,285,841 | 60 |
| Great Lakes Aviation | $160,462,616 | 54 |
| Alaska Air | $117,712,470 | 73 |
| Skybus Airlines | $62,292,000 | 2 |
| Mesa Air | $51,675,314 | 41 |
| Republic Airways Holdings | $19,804,100 | 5 |
| Lufthansa | $11,331,791 | 42 |
Individual Subsidy Records:
Company |
Parent | Location | Subsidy Source | Year | Subsidy Value | Loan/Bailout Value | Type of Subsidy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiveTV, LLC | JetBlue Airways | Florida | state | 2008 | $45,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| JetBlue University | JetBlue Airways | Florida | local | 2004 | $123,200 | grant | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2010 | $35,718 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2011 | $74,787 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2010 | $685,601 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2013 | $170,592 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2014 | $70,867 | tax credit/rebate | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2015 | $107,686 | tax credit/rebate | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2017 | $21,383 | tax credit/rebate | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2011 | $14,000 | multiple | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2012 | $14,000 | multiple | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2013 | $14,000 | multiple | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2014 | $14,000 | multiple | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2015 | $14,000 | multiple | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2016 | $14,000 | multiple | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2017 | $14,000 | multiple | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2018 | $14,000 | multiple | |
| JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION | JetBlue Airways | Maine | state | 2010 | $2,638 | property tax abatement | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2007 | $1,121,820 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation | JetBlue Airways | Florida | state | 2003 | $770,000 | grant | |
| JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION | JetBlue Airways | Maine | state | 2011 | $1,087 | property tax abatement | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation | JetBlue Airways | Florida | state | 2003 | $616,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2012 | $1,445,771 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION | JetBlue Airways | Maine | state | 2015 | $1,110 | property tax abatement | |
| JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION | JetBlue Airways | Maine | state | 2016 | $1,257 | property tax abatement | |
| Jet Blue - Orlando | JetBlue Airways | Florida | state | 2011 | $25,198 | training reimbursement | |
| Jet Blue - Ft. Lauderdale | JetBlue Airways | Florida | state | 2011 | $13,608 | training reimbursement | |
| HAWKER PACIFIC AEROSPACE | Lufthansa | California | state | 2002 | $77,168 | training reimbursement | |
| HAWKER PACIFIC AEROSPACE | Lufthansa | California | state | 2004 | $121,844 | training reimbursement | |
| HAWKER PACIFIC AEROSPACE | Lufthansa | California | state | 2006 | $78,676 | training reimbursement | |
| HAWKER PACIFIC AEROSPACE | Lufthansa | California | state | 2015 | $422,612 | training reimbursement | |
| HAWKER PACIFIC AEROSPACE | Lufthansa | California | state | 2017 | $288,633 | training reimbursement | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2018 | $313,849 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2018 | $905,476 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2018 | $974,534 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2018 | $1,357,112 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2017 | $1,926,854 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2017 | $2,329,241 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2017 | $2,377,423 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2017 | $2,437,760 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2017 | $2,537,635 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2017 | $3,198,780 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2017 | $3,492,269 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2017 | $5,149,637 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2017 | $5,291,519 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $813,510 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $1,260,688 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $4,785,315 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $5,071,510 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $188,890 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $2,303,892 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $2,354,083 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $3,228,003 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $771,388 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $2,990,258 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $2,324,572 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $825,345 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $2,463,686 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $3,464,046 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $1,624,299 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $1,624,299 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $1,624,299 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $1,329,477 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $1,329,477 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $1,624,299 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $3,014,691 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $2,463,686 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2014 | $1,479,800 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $1,532,774 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $1,532,774 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $2,455,122 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2003 | $7,358,551 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2002 | $9,746,981 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2002 | $8,278,217 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2003 | $5,142,776 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2002 | $5,103,556 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2001 | $4,487,255 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2000 | $4,286,850 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2000 | $4,286,850 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2002 | $4,212,842 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2001 | $4,179,940 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2000 | $4,067,459 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2003 | $3,825,209 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2001 | $3,290,645 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2001 | $3,070,814 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2000 | $2,352,399 | federal grant | |
| EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. | SkyWest | California | state | 2009 | $124,344 | training reimbursement | |
| ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. | SkyWest | California | state | 2007 | undisclosed | training reimbursement | |
| Deutsche Lufthansa AG | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2007 | $115,992 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Deutsche Lufthansa AG | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2008 | $10,109 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Deutsche Lufthansa AG | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2011 | $10,846 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Deutsche Lufthansa AG | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2012 | $21,555 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| DELTA AIRLINES, INC. | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2000 | $125,000 | federal grant | |
| DELTA AIRLINES, INC. | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2001 | $100,000 | federal grant | |
| Delta Airlines | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2015 | $728,562 | federal grant | |
| Delta Airlines | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2015 | $976,444 | federal grant | |
| Delta Airlines | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2015 | $1,790,671 | federal grant | |
| DELTA AIR LINES INC | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2004 | $133,398 | federal grant | |
| DELTA AIR LINES INC | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2000 | $112,780 | federal grant | |
| DELTA AIR LINES INC | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2001 | $106,446 | federal grant | |
| DELTA AIR LINES INC | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2002 | $79,507 | federal grant |
