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Airline Group Full-time Equivalent Employees*, November 2012-2016 (Nov. 2016)

FTE numbers in thousands (000’s)

Dataset Table:

Network Low-Cost Regional All Passenger Airlines**
2012 256.1 69.4 50.1 380.9
2013 255.9 69.4 49.9 381.2
2014 256.8 73.0 50.6 386.9
2015 266.3 77.8 50.5 401.3
2016 272.3 85.4 50.6 416.0
Percent of Total Passenger Airline Employees in 2016 65.5% 20.5% 12.2% 100.0%

Notes:

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
** Includes network, low-cost, regional and other carriers.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics