Table 15: Regional Airline Full-Time Equivalent Employees*, August 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for August of each year. Ranked by August 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2013- 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||
| 1 | Envoy | 11,138 | 10,811 | 9,645 | 10,894 | 11,838 | 6.3 | 8.7 |
| 2 | SkyWest | 9,427 | 9,896 | 10,057 | 10,838 | 11,809 | 25.3 | 9.0 |
| 3 | YX/S5/RP Combined# | 5,698 | 5,843 | 5,827 | 5,259 | 5,619 | -1.4 | 6.8 |
| Republic | 2,471 | 2,954 | 3,107 | 3,706 | 5,619 | 127.4 | 51.6 | |
| Shuttle America | 2,057 | 2,032 | 2,720 | 1,553 | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chautauqua | 1,170 | 857 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 4 | ExpressJet | 9,022 | 9,221 | 7,708 | 6,605 | 5,248 | -41.8 | -20.5 |
| 5 | Endeavor | 4,069 | 3,741 | 3,243 | 3,647 | 3,958 | -2.7 | 8.5 |
| 6 | Horizon | 2,666 | 2,794 | 3,183 | 3,249 | 3,483 | 30.6 | 7.2 |
| 7 | PSA | 1,066 | 1,540 | 2,296 | 2,631 | 3,052 | 186.3 | 16.0 |
| 8 | Air Wisconsin | 2,467 | 2,466 | 1,890 | 1,588 | 1,352 | -45.2 | -14.9 |
| 9 | Compass | 1,096 | 1,203 | 1,584 | 1,879 | 1,739 | 58.7 | -7.5 |
| 10 | GoJet | 1,063 | 1,101 | 1,225 | 1,314 | 1,402 | 31.9 | 6.7 |
| 11 | Mesa | 1,722 | 2,055 | 2,662 | 3,053 | 3,059 | 77.6 | 0.2 |
| Total | 49,434 | 50,671 | 49,320 | 50,957 | 52,559 | 6.3 | 3.1 | |
Notes:
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
# Effective July 2012 Chautauqua Airlines began reporting employment data. Chautauqua did not qualify for monthly reporting prior to July 2012 because it did not operate aircraft with more than 60 seats. Effective the end of December 2014, Shuttle America and Chautauqua 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