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Table 24: Average Monthly Originating Passengers per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*
Network Carriers
Ranked by 2006 Performance

(Originating Passengers per FTE)

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2006 Rank Network 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Change
2001-2006
1 Alaska 87 87 93 97 113 111 24
2 US Airways 65 66 72 78 93 89 24
3 Northwest 50 54 59 67 73 85 35
4 Delta 61 64 65 71 79 76 15
5 Continental 58 58 58 62 70 75 17
6 American 43 49 52 61 68 70 27
7 United 41 42 48 55 57 62 21
  7-Carrier Average 52 54 58 65 72 75 23

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DB1B Origin & Destination Data

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
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