Table 1. Yearly Change in Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees* by Airline Group, December 2016
Most recent 13 months - percent change from same month of the previous year
Dataset Table:
| Network Airlines | Low-Cost Airlines | Regional Airlines | All Passenger Airlines** | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2014-Dec 2015 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| Jan 2015-Jan 2016 | 3.3 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
| Feb 2015-Feb 2016 | 3.2 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Mar 2015-Mar 2016 | 2.9 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
Notes:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
See Table 2 for all passenger airlines, Table 7 for Network, Table 10 for Low-Cost and Table 13 for Regional.
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
** Includes network, low-cost, regional and other carriers. Other Carriers generally operate within specific niche markets. They are: Hawaiian Airlines, Sun Country Airlines and Island Air Hawaii.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics