DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING DIRECTIVE RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION No. 304 A Issue Date: 02-01-12 Effective Date: 1-1-2012 Part: 241 Section: 04 AIR CARRIER GROUPINGS This revised 2012 Accounting and Reporting Directive is to show the merger of ExpressJet Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines, along with updates the reporting groups for filing the Form 41 report during calendar year 2012. From our review, we updated the carrier groupings as follows: AIR CARRIER NEW REPORTING GROUP Kalitta Air LLC Group III Gulf & Caribbean Cargo Group I - $20 million to $100 million Kalitta Charters II Group I - $20 million to $100 million Tradewinds Airlines Group I - $20 million to $100 million Carriers are grouped according to the operating revenue boundaries contained in Section 04 of Part 241. The current reporting levels are: Group III Over $1 billion Group II Over $100 million to $1 billion Group I $100 million and under Subgroups: Group I - $20 million to $100 million Group I - Under $20 million Changes in the reporting groups will become effective January 1, 2012. Any questions regarding the groupings should be directed to [email protected]. Anne Y. Suissa Director Airline Information Attachment ATTACHMENT PAGE 1 OF 3 GROUP III AIR CARRIERS - 18 CARRIER Air Tran Alaska Airlines American Airlines American Eagle Astar * Atlas Air Delta Air Lines Federal Express Frontier Airlines Hawaiian Airlines Jet Blue Kalitta Air LLC SkyWest Southwest Airlines United Airlines (merger with Continental effective 1/1/2012) UPS USAirways World Airways * * Reporting in Group III by waiver. ATTACHMENT PAGE 2 OF 3 GROUP II AIR CARRIERS - 33 CARRIER ABX – Airborne Air Transport Int'l Air Wisconsin Allegiant Air Amerijet Centurion Air Cargo Colgan Comair Compass Evergreen Int'l Executive Airlines ExpressJet Airlines (merger with Atlantic Southeast effective 1/1/2012) Go Jet Horizon Air Mesa Airlines Mesaba Airlines Miami Air International North American Airlines Omni Air Express Pinnacle Polar Air Cargo PSA Republic Airlines Ryan International Shuttle America Southern Air Spirit Air Lines Sun Country USA 3000 USA Jet Virgin America Vision ATTACHMENT PAGE 3 OF 3 GROUP I AIR CARRIERS (OVER $20 MILLION OPERATING REVENUES) - 14 CARRIER Aerodynamics, Inc. Aloha Air Cargo Asia Pacific Avjet Corporation Capital Cargo International Casino Express Florida West Gulf & Caribbean Cargo Kalitta Charters II Lynden Air Cargo National Air Cargo Northern Air Cargo, Inc. Tatonduk Outfitters d/b/a Everts Tradewinds Airlines GROUP I AIR CARRIERS (UNDER $20 MILLION OPERATING REVENUES) - 8 CARRIER Ameristar Air Cargo Falcon Air Kaiser Prescott Sierra Pacific Airlines Sky King Swift Air World Atlantic/Caribbean Sun .