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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air, LLC | Allegiant Air | Florida | state | 2017 | $55,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| DELTA AIR LINES INC | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2001 | $57,564 | federal grant | |
| Lufthansa Technik Component Services, LLC | Lufthansa | Florida | state | 2014 | $57,600 | tax credit/rebate | |
| UNITED AIR LINES INC | United Airlines Holdings | United States | federal | 2003 | $62,764 | federal grant | |
| UNITED AIR LINES INC | United Airlines Holdings | United States | federal | 2004 | $65,325 | federal grant | |
| Southwest Airlines Co. | Southwest Airlines | Pennsylvania | state | $66,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| 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 | 2011 | $74,787 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Deautsche Lufthansa AG-see project 2803 95 02A for Job Info. | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2017 | $74,851 | tax credit/rebate | |
| HAWKER PACIFIC AEROSPACE | Lufthansa | California | state | 2002 | $77,168 | training reimbursement | |
| HAWKER PACIFIC AEROSPACE | Lufthansa | California | state | 2006 | $78,676 | training reimbursement | |
| DELTA AIR LINES INC | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2002 | $79,507 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $92,400 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $92,400 | federal grant | |
| Compass Airlines, Inc. | Trans States Holdings | Kentucky | state | 2010 | $100,000 | training reimbursement | |
| DELTA AIRLINES, INC. | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2001 | $100,000 | federal grant | |
| DELTA AIR LINES INC | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2001 | $106,446 | federal grant | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2015 | $107,686 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2003 | $109,089 | federal grant | |
| DELTA AIR LINES INC | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2000 | $112,780 | federal grant | |
| Deutsche Lufthansa AG | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2007 | $115,992 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| HAWKER PACIFIC AEROSPACE | Lufthansa | California | state | 2004 | $121,844 | training reimbursement | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | Washington | state | 2017 | $122,738 | tax credit/rebate | |
| JetBlue University | JetBlue Airways | Florida | local | 2004 | $123,200 | grant | |
| Constance Foods/Aerotech | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2009 | $124,218 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. | SkyWest | California | state | 2009 | $124,344 | training reimbursement | |
| DELTA AIRLINES, INC. | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2000 | $125,000 | federal grant | |
| DELTA AIR LINES INC | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2004 | $133,398 | federal grant | |
| TRANS STATES AIRLINES | Trans States Holdings | United States | federal | 2003 | $146,561 | federal grant | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2020 | $160,225 | federal grant | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2019 | $169,680 | federal grant | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2013 | $170,592 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $172,900 | federal grant | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2019 | $175,760 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2003 | $183,636 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $183,744 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2002 | $184,071 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $188,890 | federal grant | |
| Air Tran | Southwest Airlines | Georgia | state | 2004 | $189,000 | grant | |
| AIR MIDWEST | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2002 | $189,134 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $191,061 | federal grant | |
| Compass Airlines, Inc. | Trans States Holdings | Kentucky | state | 2007 | $200,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Allegiant Air | Allegiant Air | Michigan | state | 2019 | $200,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2002 | $205,687 | federal grant | |
| US Airways, Inc. | American Airlines | North Carolina | state | 2013 | $210,531 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2018 | $228,360 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2018 | $228,360 | federal grant | |
| UNITED AIR LINES, INC. | United Airlines Holdings | Illinois | state | 2007 | $231,726 | grant | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2019 | $242,200 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2003 | $244,450 | federal grant | |
| Delta Air Lines | Delta Air Lines | Utah | state | 2008 | $250,000 | grant | |
| Delta Air Lines - Tokyo | Delta Air Lines | Utah | state | 2009 | $250,000 | grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $257,040 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $261,435 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $272,720 | federal grant | |
| Deautsche Lufthansa AG-see project 2803 95 02A for Job Info. | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2010 | $273,445 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| HAWKER PACIFIC AEROSPACE | Lufthansa | California | state | 2017 | $288,633 | training reimbursement | |
| Constance Foods/Aerotech | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2016 | $295,248 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Constance Foods/Aerotech | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2017 | $296,427 | tax credit/rebate | |
| VIRGIN AMERICA, INC. | Alaska Air | California | state | 2013 | $299,970 | training reimbursement | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2001 | $309,216 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2018 | $313,849 | federal grant | |
| AIR MIDWEST | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2001 | $316,566 | federal grant | |
| Constance Foods/Aerotech | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2014 | $319,954 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $324,480 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2001 | $326,929 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2001 | $329,760 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2000 | $330,704 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2000 | $330,704 | federal grant | |
| Constance Foods/Aerotech | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2015 | $333,087 | tax credit/rebate | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2019 | $335,660 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $336,280 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2000 | $339,196 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $344,625 | federal grant | |
| Constance Foods/Aerotech | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2010 | $345,936 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Constance Foods/Aerotech | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2013 | $346,446 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2001 | $348,631 | federal grant | |
| Constance Food Group, Inc. | Lufthansa | New York | state | 2008 | $353,772 | enterprise zone | |
| Constance Foods/Aerotech | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2011 | $355,558 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Constance Foods/Aerotech | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2012 | $355,558 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Alaska Airlines | Alaska Air | Idaho | state | 2001 | $360,198 | training reimbursement | |
| AIR MIDWEST | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2002 | $363,896 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $364,784 | federal grant | |
| AIR MIDWEST | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2001 | $368,519 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2002 | $370,332 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $371,232 | federal grant | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2000 | $383,990 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $384,456 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $389,088 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $390,260 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $392,640 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2001 | $393,448 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $397,040 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $414,720 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $421,056 | federal grant | |
| HAWKER PACIFIC AEROSPACE | Lufthansa | California | state | 2015 | $422,612 | training reimbursement | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $430,367 | federal grant | |
| AIR MIDWEST | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2001 | $431,549 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2018 | $433,092 | federal grant | |
| Southwest Airlines Co | Southwest Airlines | Arizona | state | 2005 | $433,338 | training reimbursement | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2018 | $434,379 | federal grant |
