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MegadealsSubsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry: airlines
Subsidy Total: $4,354,045,449
Number of Awards: 1,519
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 |
| SkyWest | $1,151,116,966 | 518 |
| Delta Air Lines | $878,378,816 | 24 |
| Hyannis Air Service Inc. | $553,329,635 | 242 |
| Boutique Air | $539,841,921 | 225 |
| United Airlines Holdings | $446,484,820 | 38 |
| American Airlines | $230,677,355 | 83 |
| Alaska Air | $176,196,365 | 106 |
| Great Lakes Aviation | $160,462,616 | 54 |
| Skybus Airlines | $62,292,000 | 2 |
| Mesa Air | $51,675,314 | 41 |
Individual Subsidy Records:
| Company | Parent | Location | Subsidy Source | Year | Subsidy Value | Loan/Bailout Value  | Type of Subsidy |
| HYANNIS AIR SERVICE, INC. D/B/A CAPE AIR | Hyannis Air Service Inc. | United States | federal | 2020 | $778,596 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2021 | $775,272 | | federal grant |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2019 | $774,960 | | federal grant |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2021 | $774,071 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $772,320 | | federal grant |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2021 | $771,888 | | federal grant |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $771,388 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $770,120 | | federal grant |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation | JetBlue Airways | Florida | state | 2003 | $770,000 | | grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2021 | $769,996 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2002 | $762,782 | | federal grant |
| American Eagle Airlines | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2015 | $760,344 | | federal grant |
| UNITED AIRLINES INC | United Airlines Holdings | United States | federal | 2015 | $757,316 | | federal grant |
| Continental Airlines Inc. | United Airlines Holdings | New Jersey | state | 1997 | $753,900 | | grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2002 | $752,660 | | federal grant |
| US Airways Inc | American Airlines | Pennsylvania | state | | $750,000 | | tax credit/rebate |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $749,694 | | federal grant |
| SkyWest Airlines | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2015 | $749,294 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2018 | $744,691 | | federal grant |
| MESA AIRLINES | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2000 | $741,331 | | federal grant |
| HYANNIS AIR SERVICE, INC. D/B/A CAPE AIR | Hyannis Air Service Inc. | United States | federal | 2018 | $737,673 | | federal grant |
| Constance Food Group, Inc. | Lufthansa | New York | state | 2009 | $737,510 | | enterprise zone |
| HYANNIS AIR SERVICE, INC. D/B/A CAPE AIR | Hyannis Air Service Inc. | United States | federal | 2019 | $735,840 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $735,600 | | federal grant |
| Delta Airlines | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2015 | $728,562 | | federal grant |
| MESA AIRLINES | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2001 | $727,710 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $721,200 | | federal grant |
| UNITED AIRLINES, INC. | United Airlines Holdings | United States | federal | 2019 | $716,160 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2020 | $711,450 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $710,280 | | federal grant |
| MESA AIRLINES | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2001 | $702,269 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $702,240 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $701,760 | | federal grant |
| SkyWest Airlines | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2015 | $701,374 | | federal grant |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2010 | $685,601 | | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2019 | $683,436 | | federal grant |
| Southwest Airlines | Southwest Airlines | Arizona | state | 2003 | $681,551 | | training reimbursement |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $677,400 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2020 | $677,304 | | federal grant |
| HYANNIS AIR SERVICE, INC. D/B/A CAPE AIR | Hyannis Air Service Inc. | United States | federal | 2020 | $673,540 | | federal grant |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2020 | $670,558 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $668,448 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $661,680 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $660,960 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2017 | $659,513 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $657,360 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $656,548 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2021 | $651,077 | | federal grant |
| Constance Food Group, Inc. | Lufthansa | New York | state | 2010 | $649,366 | | enterprise zone |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $648,480 | | federal grant |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $648,480 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $642,720 | | federal grant |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2020 | $642,664 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $637,840 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $635,904 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $635,809 | | federal grant |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2020 | $634,143 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2020 | $628,249 | | federal grant |
| SkyWest Airlines | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2015 | $626,118 | | federal grant |
| American Eagle Airlines | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2015 | $621,611 | | federal grant |
| Mesa Airlines | Mesa Air | Arizona | state | 2004 | $620,000 | | training reimbursement |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $618,720 | | federal grant |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation | JetBlue Airways | Florida | state | 2003 | $616,000 | | tax credit/rebate |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $612,960 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2020 | $610,896 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2020 | $610,896 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2021 | $608,580 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $607,920 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $604,155 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $603,985 | | federal grant |
| Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation | United Airlines Holdings | Wisconsin | state | 2012 | $600,000 | | grant/loan hybrid program |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2021 | $599,464 | | federal grant |
| HYANNIS AIR SERVICE, INC. D/B/A CAPE AIR | Hyannis Air Service Inc. | United States | federal | 2019 | $596,988 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $596,520 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $592,813 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $592,409 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $590,109 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $587,760 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $587,280 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $586,638 | | federal grant |
| United Airlines, Inc. | United Airlines Holdings | Colorado | state | 2019 | $586,019 | | tax credit/rebate |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $585,840 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $584,640 | | federal grant |
| Constance Foods/Aerotech | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2007 | $583,487 | | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2021 | $579,390 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2001 | $579,265 | | federal grant |
| HYANNIS AIR SERVICE, INC. D/B/A CAPE AIR | Hyannis Air Service Inc. | United States | federal | 2019 | $578,160 | | federal grant |
| ALASKA AIRLINES INC | Alaska Air | Washington | state | 2016 | $578,023 | | tax credit/rebate |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $569,591 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2021 | $567,594 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $567,360 | | federal grant |
| HYANNIS AIR SERVICE, INC. D/B/A CAPE AIR | Hyannis Air Service Inc. | United States | federal | 2019 | $565,344 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2020 | $563,920 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2020 | $563,920 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $563,220 | | federal grant |
| CHAMPLAIN ENTERPRISES | Champlain Enterprises LLC | United States | federal | 2001 | $559,722 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $559,440 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $555,840 | | federal grant |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2021 | $552,388 | | federal grant |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $548,160 | | federal grant |
| BOUTIQUE AIR | Boutique Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $547,920 | | federal grant |
