Southwest had world's fifth-largest passenger count in 1998
Southwest became the world's fifth-largest airline last year in terms of passengers carried, with 52,586,400 customers. Northwest fell to sixth, with 50.5 million. Only Delta, United, American and US Airways carried more passengers than Southwest.
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