Band 6+: The table shows information about the numbers of people who took the seven most popular airlines in the US in 1995 and 2005. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The table compares the population of the seven most famous airlines in America between in the year of 1995 and 2005.

Overall, American preferred taking Delta Air Lines than other airlines in both 1995 and 2005, while fewer people chose JetBlue Airways. However, we could also see a sharply rise on the growth rate of JetBlue Airways.

In 1995, majority of the individuals took flights by Delta Air Lines with about 500700 and it had a dramatic rise in 2005 with 113% growth rate. The rising trend of over 100% was also seen on Hawaiian Airlines, which rose from 100000 to 250000, with 150% growth rate. Although JetBlue Airways had the minimum numbers of people chose in 1995 with 86000, it had a highest growth rate among these seven airlines, which was 249%.

We could also see that there were another two airlines’ growth rate over 100%, which are American Airlines and Alaska Airlines with 127% and 114% respectively. The rest of two airlines’ growth rates are below 100%, which are 60% and 33% respectively.