Corridor Deep Dive

US Domestic

US domestic premium cabin is a different conversation from international long-haul. Transcons (JFK-LAX, JFK-SFO) carry true lie-flat business class on JetBlue Mint, Delta One, and American Flagship Business; shorter domestic corridors mostly run domestic first class with regional recliners. Booking economics differ: US domestic premium pricing follows traffic and competition rather than ARC consolidator wholesale.

Last updated May 5, 2026 · Reviewed by Editorial Team

This page slices the dataset to the US Domestic corridor only. Same join logic as the airfare & traffic dashboard — BTS T-100 traffic plus our consolidator fare floors — narrowed to the routes that sit in this corridor by their geographic classification. Use it to read leadership, fleet, and seasonality patterns within the corridor.

At a glance

US Domestic in numbers

Routes in corridor

Distinct city pairs in our BTS sample for this corridor.

Annual passengers

14.75M

Sum across all carriers, both directions, all cabins (BTS does not split by cabin).

Annual flights

71,300

Both-direction scheduled flight count rolled up across the corridor.

Avg flight hours

4.4

Mean stage length across the corridor — a quick read on long-haul vs. shorter-haul mix.

Avg consolidator floor

$556

Mean lowest-accessed business-class fare floor across routes in the corridor that intersect our catalog.

Distinct carriers leading

Carriers appearing as #1 reporting share on at least one route in the corridor.

Reading the us domestic corridor

Three framings to keep in mind

Why it sits here

Anchored by JFK, LAX, SFO, ORD, ATL, DFW, DEN, MIA, SEA, BOS connectivity. Premium-cabin demand on transcons mirrors international long-haul demand patterns.

Booking dynamic

Transcons (≥ 5 hours) are the only US-domestic markets with consistent lie-flat product. Shorter routes use domestic first.

Fleet pattern

A321neo / A321T / A321LR for transcons; 737-MAX / A220 / A320 for shorter pairs. Widebody on US-domestic is rare and usually equipment-positioning.

Volume ranking

Top routes by annual passenger volume

From the BTS T-100 sample, ranked highest to lowest within this corridor.

#	Route	Annual passengers	Flights / yr	Top carrier	Share	Carriers	Peak month	Floor (USD)
1	New York → Los Angeles JFK–LAX	4,200,000	19,500	JetBlue	24%	6	July	$650
2	Los Angeles → New York LAX–JFK	4,200,000	19,500	JetBlue	24%	6	July	$650
3	New York → Miami JFK–MIA	3,100,000	14,500	American Airlines	30%	6	February	$450
4	New York → San Francisco JFK–SFO	2,400,000	11,500	United Airlines	30%	5	July	$650
5	New York → Chicago JFK–ORD	850,000	6,300	United Airlines	44%	3	July	$380

Carrier leadership

Who leads inside this corridor

Carriers ranked by routes-led within the corridor — a count, not a market-share claim.

#	Carrier	Routes led (corridor)	Top-3 appearances	Passengers under lead
1	JetBlue	2	4	2.02M
2	United Airlines	2	2	1.09M
3	American Airlines	1	4	930K
4	Delta Air Lines	0	4	0
5	Delta	0	1	0

For the dataset-wide leaderboard across every corridor, see /data/carrier-leaderboard.

Aircraft footprint

What is flying this corridor

Aircraft types ranked by route appearances within the corridor.

#	Aircraft type	Routes	Carrier mentions
1	Boeing 737-MAX-9	4	4
2	Airbus A321	3	6
3	Boeing 757-200	3	4
4	Airbus A321-Mint	3	3
5	Airbus A321T	3	3
6	Boeing 767-300ER	3	3
7	Boeing 737-800	2	4
8	Airbus A330-300	2	2
9	Airbus A320	1	3
10	Boeing 767-400ER	1	1
11	Airbus A321neo	1	1

For the dataset-wide aircraft deployment table see /data/aircraft-deployment. For cabin-product status across these types, see the retrofit tracker.

Seasonality

Peak and trough months across us domestic

Number of routes in the corridor reporting each month as their peak (most passengers) or trough (fewest passengers).

Month	Routes peaking	Routes troughing
January	0	0
February	1	4
March	0	0
April	0	0
May	0	0
June	0	0
July	4	0
August	0	0
September	0	1
October	0	0
November	0	0
December	0	0

Methodology

Sources and corridor classification

Source data is the BTS T-100 Segment 2025 release joined to our consolidator route catalog. Each route is classified into a corridor based on origin and destination country, using the same logic that powers the corridor breakdown on the main dashboard. This page filters the dataset to a single corridor and re-runs the leadership and fleet aggregations within that scope.

Drill deeper

Connected pages

All data & reports Airfare & traffic dashboard Carrier leaderboard Aircraft deployment State of the Premium Cabin (Q2 2026)Aircraft retrofit tracker

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is the US Domestic corridor in this dataset?

Which routes are included?

Every BTS T-100 route in our sample where the origin and destination geography matches the corridor classification. Currently 5 routes for US Domestic.

How is "leadership within the corridor" calculated?

For each route in the corridor, we count which carrier is #1 by reported BTS share. Summing across the corridor gives the routes-led count per carrier shown in the leaderboard table. It is a count of leadership positions within the corridor, not a market-share claim.

Why might my favourite route be missing?

BTS T-100 only reports US-touching segments. Routes operated entirely between non-US points may be absent unless our consolidator catalog has independently sourced traffic data for them.

Can I download the underlying data?

Yes — the full joined dataset (all corridors, every route) is at /data/airfare-trends/data.csv. Filter by the corridor column to get just the US Domestic rows.

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