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Airlines that operate at least one aircraft with the capacity to carry combined passengers, cargo and fuel of 18,000 pounds - the payload factor - must report monthly full-time and part-time employment statistics to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Use the dropdowns below to select a month from January 1990 to the present. Numbers are posted according to the BTS schedule for release of Airline Employment data.

Additional airline employment data can be found here: BTS Scheduled Passenger Airline Employment press releases with full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels, Year-End Full-Time and Part-Time Airline Employment (1970-1989), and Annual Employee Statistics by Labor Category (1990-present).

Group Definition

Major - Over $1 billion annual operating revenue
National - Over $100 million to $1 billion annual operating revenue
Large Regional - $20 million to $100 million annual operating revenue
Medium Regional - Less than $20 million annual operating revenue

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Group Month Year Carrier Name Full Time Part Time Total
Major
 Nov 2009        
      Abx/Airborne Express 706 290 996
      AirTran 7,487 637 8,124
      Alaska Airlines 8,625 1,293 9,918
      American 61,680 9,666 71,346
      American Eagle 8,213 1,657 9,870
      Atlantic Southeast 3,511 154 3,665
      Atlas Air 1,029 22 1,051
      Comair 2,633 18 2,651
      Continental 30,161 5,991 36,152
      Delta 44,663 8,659 53,322
      Express Jet 5,165 322 5,487
      Federal Express 92,534 47,569 140,103
      Frontier 3,856 992 4,848
      Hawaiian 2,982 839 3,821
      Jet Blue 9,182 3,328 12,510
      Mesa 2,579 40 2,619
      Northwest 25,077 2,588 27,665
      SkyWest 7,764 1,781 9,545
      Southwest 34,439 642 35,081
      United 41,276 5,231 46,507
      United Parcel 5,725 134 5,859
      US Airways 27,831 4,209 32,040
      TOTAL 427,118 96,062 523,180
National
 Nov 2009        
      Air Transport Intl 404 26 430
      Air Wisconsin 2,271 469 2,740
      Allegiant 1,315 454 1,769
      Amerijet 527 12 539
      Arrow 499 0 499
      Astar Air Cargo 600 0 600
      Centurion Air Cargo 520 0 520
      Continental Micronesia 847 363 1,210
      Evergreen 438 32 470
      Executive 1,542 497 2,039
      Florida West 50 0 50
      GoJet 560 0 560
      Horizon 2,903 613 3,516
      Kalitta Air 754 23 777
      Mesaba 2,296 4 2,300
      Miami Air 403 11 414
      Midwest Express 2,627 475 3,102
      Omni Air 994 3 997
      Pinnacle 2,788 1,085 3,873
      Polar Air Cargo 313 3 316
      PSA 965 3 968
      Ryan Intl 491 5 496
      Shuttle America 1,227 59 1,286
      Spirit 1,736 340 2,076
      Sun Country 539 218 757
      USA 3000 303 70 373
      USA Jet 235 3 238
      Virgin America 1,362 123 1,485
      World 1,388 57 1,445
      TOTAL 30,897 4,948 35,845
Large Regional
 Nov 2009        
      Aerodynamics 203 38 241
      Aloha Air Cargo 279 35 314
      Capital Cargo 217 4 221
      Colgan 1,204 105 1,309
      Compass 884 0 884
      Gulf & Caribbean 63 1 64
      Lynden Air Cargo 156 1 157
      Northern Air Cargo 182 4 186
      Southern Air 545 0 545
      Tatonduk 240 39 279
      Tradewinds 73 0 73
      TOTAL 4,046 227 4,273
Medium Regional
 Nov 2009        
      Ameristar 27 0 27
      Asia Pacific 39 4 43
      Kalitta Charters Ii 47 0 47
      Murray Air 76 0 76
      NetJets 5 0 5
      Sierra Pacific 12 18 30
      Victory Air 0 0 0
      TOTAL 206 22 228
      GRAND TOTAL 462,267 101,259 563,526
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