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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MESA AIRLINES | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2003 | $459,440 | federal grant | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2018 | $465,025 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $471,840 | federal grant | |
| Spirit Airlines, Inc. | Spirit Airlines | Florida | state | 1999 | $474,297 | grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $475,860 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $475,860 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2018 | $480,480 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2018 | $480,480 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $483,560 | federal grant | |
| AIR MIDWEST | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2002 | $484,144 | federal grant | |
| AIR MIDWEST | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2002 | $484,873 | federal grant | |
| US Airways, Inc. | American Airlines | North Carolina | state | 2015 | $491,404 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2001 | $497,399 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $499,920 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $511,840 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2018 | $512,608 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $518,803 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $519,360 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2000 | $519,680 | federal grant | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2019 | $521,718 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $521,760 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $521,913 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $527,520 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $530,916 | federal grant | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2018 | $532,841 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2001 | $533,039 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $547,120 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $548,160 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $555,840 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $559,440 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $569,591 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES INC | Alaska Air | Washington | state | 2016 | $578,023 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2001 | $579,265 | federal grant | |
| Constance Foods/Aerotech | Lufthansa | New York | local | 2007 | $583,487 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $584,640 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $585,840 | federal grant | |
| United Airlines, Inc. | United Airlines Holdings | Colorado | state | 2019 | $586,019 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $586,638 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $587,280 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $587,760 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $590,109 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $592,409 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $592,813 | federal grant | |
| Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation | United Airlines Holdings | Wisconsin | state | 2012 | $600,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $603,985 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $604,155 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $607,920 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $612,960 | federal grant | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation | JetBlue Airways | Florida | state | 2003 | $616,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $618,720 | federal grant | |
| Mesa Airlines | Mesa Air | Arizona | state | 2004 | $620,000 | training reimbursement | |
| American Eagle Airlines | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2015 | $621,611 | federal grant | |
| SkyWest Airlines | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2015 | $626,118 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2020 | $634,143 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $635,809 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $635,904 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2020 | $642,664 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $642,720 | federal grant | |
| 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 | |
| Constance Food Group, Inc. | Lufthansa | New York | state | 2010 | $649,366 | enterprise zone | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $656,548 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2017 | $659,513 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $661,680 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $668,448 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2020 | $677,304 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $677,400 | federal grant | |
| Southwest Airlines | Southwest Airlines | Arizona | state | 2003 | $681,551 | training reimbursement | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2019 | $683,436 | federal grant | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation #2 (2010) | JetBlue Airways | New York | local | 2010 | $685,601 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| SkyWest Airlines | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2015 | $701,374 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $701,760 | federal grant | |
| MESA AIRLINES | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2001 | $702,269 | federal grant | |
| UNITED AIRLINES, INC. | United Airlines Holdings | United States | federal | 2019 | $716,160 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $721,200 | federal grant | |
| MESA AIRLINES | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2001 | $727,710 | federal grant | |
| Delta Airlines | Delta Air Lines | United States | federal | 2015 | $728,562 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $735,600 | federal grant | |
| Constance Food Group, Inc. | Lufthansa | New York | state | 2009 | $737,510 | enterprise zone | |
| MESA AIRLINES | Mesa Air | United States | federal | 2000 | $741,331 | federal grant | |
| SkyWest Airlines | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2015 | $749,294 | federal grant | |
| ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. | Alaska Air | United States | federal | 2019 | $749,694 | federal grant | |
| US Airways Inc | American Airlines | Pennsylvania | state | $750,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2002 | $752,660 | federal grant | |
| Continental Airlines Inc. | United Airlines Holdings | New Jersey | state | 1997 | $753,900 | grant | |
| UNITED AIRLINES INC | United Airlines Holdings | United States | federal | 2015 | $757,316 | federal grant | |
| American Eagle Airlines | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2015 | $760,344 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2002 | $762,782 | federal grant | |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation | JetBlue Airways | Florida | state | 2003 | $770,000 | grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $770,120 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $771,388 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $772,320 | federal grant | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES (AMERICAN EAGLE) | American Airlines | United States | federal | 2019 | $774,960 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $781,680 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $783,840 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $799,874 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2018 | $801,930 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2019 | $813,510 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2020 | $822,630 | federal grant | |
| GREAT LAKES AVIATION | Great Lakes Aviation | United States | federal | 2007 | $825,345 | federal grant | |
| SKYWEST AIRLINES | SkyWest | United States | federal | 2019 | $828,291 | federal grant |
