Table 15: Regional Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, April 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for April of each year. Ranked by April 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | ||
1 | Envoy | 11,164 | 10,862 | 10,937 | 10,665 | 11,361 | 1.8 | 6.5 |
2 | SkyWest | 9,391 | 9,764 | 9,809 | 10,496 | 11,081 | 18.0 | 5.6 |
3 | ExpressJet | 8,873 | 9,333 | 8,173 | 6,959 | 5,814 | -34.5 | -16.5 |
4 | YX/S5/RP Combined# | 5,515 | 5,824 | 5,934 | 5,218 | 5,449 | -1.2 | 4.4 |
Republic | 2,295 | 2,821 | 3,170 | 3,326 | 5,449 | 137.4 | 63.8 | |
Shuttle America | 2,012 | 2,039 | 2,764 | 1,892 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Chautauqua | 1,208 | 964 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
5 | Endeavor | 4,394 | 3,822 | 3,270 | 3,432 | 3,882 | -11.7 | 13.1 |
6 | Horizon | 2,672 | 2,788 | 3,108 | 3,254 | 3,300 | 23.5 | 1.4 |
7 | Mesa | 1,611 | 1,906 | 2,424 | 2,923 | 3,112 | 93.2 | 6.5 |
8 | PSA | 1,063 | 1,338 | 2,141 | 2,573 | 2,904 | 173.2 | 12.9 |
9 | Compass | 1,091 | 1,223 | 1,495 | 1,767 | 1,844 | 69.0 | 4.4 |
10 | GoJet | 1,093 | 1,111 | 1,134 | 1,306 | 1,353 | 23.8 | 3.6 |
11 | Air Wisconsin | 2,520 | 2,555 | 1,901 | 1,781 | 1,338 | -46.9 | -24.9 |
Total | 49,387 | 50,526 | 50,326 | 50,374 | 51,438 | 4.2 | 2.1 | |
Notes:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
# Effective the end of December 2016, Republic and Shuttle America combined operations and Shuttle America ceased operating. Effective the end of December 2014, Shuttle America and Chautauqua Airlines combined operations and Chautauqua ceased operating.
N/A: Carriers did not meet the standard for filing, was no longer operating, merged with another operating carrier or failed to file. See previous notes.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics