26 LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL JUNE 21, 2021 Rank Company • name • address • website L.A. Passengers • 2020 • 2019 L.A. Market Share • 2020 • 2019 Profile • headquarters • stock ticker Top Local Executive • name • title • phone 1 American Airlines Inc. 222 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 2100 El Segundo 90245 aa.com 6,556,288 18,524,443 19.1% 17.9% Fort Worth, Texas AAL Lokesh Amaranayaka Managing Director (310) 646-4553 2 Southwest Airlines Co. 100 World Way Los Angeles 90045 southwest.com 6,020,339 17,099,916 17.5 16.6 Dallas LUV Andrew Watterson 1 Chief Commercial Officer (800) 435-9792 3 Delta Air Lines Inc. 6033 W. Century Blvd., Suite 380 Los Angeles 90045 delta.com 5,783,342 15,993,740 16.8 15.5 Atlanta DAL Scott Santoro VP, Los Angeles and Sales - West (310) 417-7373 4 United Airlines Inc. 700 World Way Los Angeles 90045 united.com 4,357,947 13,426,893 12.7 13.0 Chicago UAL Janet Lamkin SVP, Market and Community Innovation (310) 342-8100 5 Alaska Airlines Inc. 21143 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 414 Torrance 90503 alaskaair.com 2,599,876 7,592,611 7.6 7.4 Seattle ALK Jeffrey Etherington Director Corporate Sales (310) 214-2678 6 Spirit Airlines Inc. 500 World Way Los Angeles 90045 spirit.com 1,518,770 2,575,376 4.4 2.5 Miramar, Fla. SAVE Ted Christie 1 CEO (801) 401-2222 7 JetBlue Airways Corp. 4100 Donald Douglas Drive Long Beach 90808 jetblue.com 1,116,873 3,306,644 3.3 3.2 Long Island City, N.Y. JBLU Erik Hildebrandt Director (800) 538-2583 8 Volaris 200 World Way Los Angeles 90045 volaris.mx 502,648 990,909 1.5 1.0 Mexico City VLRS Jack Hanna Station Manager (310) 670-0252 9 Frontier Airlines Inc. 500 World Way Los Angeles 90045 flyfrontier.com 380,624 577,512 1.1 0.6 Denver private Samuel Schneider Station Manager (800) 265-5505 10 Air Canada 25876 The Old Road, PMB 41 Stevenson Ranch 91381 aircanada.com 304,783 1,539,698 0.9 1.5 Montreal AC.TO, Toronto Stock Exchange André Roberts Station Manager (661) 284-5956 11 Hawaiian Airlines Inc. 500 World Way Los Angeles 90045 hawaiianair.com 298,859 1,062,974 0.9 1.0 Honolulu HA Christopher Walrath General Manager (310) 417-0201 12 Qantas Airlines Ltd. 8000 World Way West Los Angeles 90045 qantasusa.com 225,638 1,007,998 0.7 1.0 Sydney QAN.AX, Australian Stock Exchange Stephen Thompson Senior EVP, Americas and Pacific (310) 726-1400 13 Allegiant Air 500 World Way Los Angeles 90045 allegiant.com 198,765 455,012 0.6 N/A Las Vegas ALGT John Redmond President (702) 505-8888 14 Aeromexico 200 World Way Los Angeles 90045 aeromexico.com 181,399 644,379 0.5 0.6 Mexico City AEROMEX.MX, Mexican Stock Exchange Maribel Iglesias Station Manager (310) 646-0338 15 Air New Zealand Ltd. 380 World Way Los Angeles 90045 airnewzealand.com/usa 168,616 595,776 0.5 0.6 Auckland, New Zealand AIR.NZ, New Zealand Stock Exchange Sheila O'Neil Senior Manager, Americas and UK (310) 665-3980 16 Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. 380 World Way Los Angeles 90045 koreanair.com 162,111 505,187 0.5 0.5 Seoul, South Korea 003490.KS, Korea Exchange John Jackson VP (310) 646-1954 17 British Airways 380 World Way Los Angeles 90045 britishairways.com 161,721 566,061 0.5 0.5 Harmondsworth, England IAG.L, London Stock Exchange Wayne Johnson Station Manager (310) 846-2007 1 Top local executive not available. Note: Passenger and market share information has been provided by the City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, the Long Beach Airport, the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, and the Ontario Airport. Other information was supplied by representatives of the airlines. Airlines are ranked by the total number of enplaned and deplaned passengers carried in 2020 at LAX, Ontario, Bob Hope and Long Beach airports — the four airports featuring commercial passenger airlines serving L.A. County. 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, 11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles 90025. ©2021 Los Angeles Business Journal. This list may not be reprinted in whole or in part without prior written permission from the editor. Reprints are available from Wright’s Media (877) 652-5295. Researched by Joshua Niv Ranked by 2020 passengers carried at L.A.-area airports AIRLINES THE LIST