Deep Dive Opinion: Airlines and Boeing want a bailout — but look how much they’ve spent on stock buybacks

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S&P 500 AIRLINES + JETBLUE	TICKER	FREE CASH FLOW, PAST 10 YEARS ($ MILLIONS)	DOLLARS SPENT ON COMMON-STOCK BUYBACKS - PAST 10 YEARS ($ MILLIONS)	BUYBACKS/FCF
Southwest Airlines Co.	US:LUV	$15,103	$10,650	71%
Alaska Air Group, Inc.	US:ALK	$4,948	$1,590	32%
Delta Air Lines, Inc.	US:DAL	$23,186	$11,430	49%
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.	US:UAL	$11,526	$8,883	77%
American Airlines Group, Inc.	US:AAL	-$7,935	$12,957	N/A
JetBlue Airways Corporation	US:JBLU	$2,347	$1,771	75%
Totals		$49,175	$47,281	96%
Source: FactSet