Table 15: Regional Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, February 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for February of each year. Ranked by February 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | ||
| 1 | Envoy Air | 11,355 | 10,955 | 10,936 | 10,620 | 11,171 | -1.6 | 5.2 |
| 2 | SkyWest Airlines | 9,382 | 9,831 | 9,747 | 10,569 | 11,159 | 18.9 | 5.6 |
| 3 | ExpressJet | 8,801 | 9,201 | 8,846 | 7,229 | 7,229 | -17.9 | 0.0 |
| 4 | YX/S5/RP Combined | 5,457 | 5,853 | 5,934 | 5,387 | 5,510 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Republic# | 2,226 | 2,752 | 3,150 | 3,147 | 5,510 | 147.5 | 75.1 | |
| Shuttle America# | 2,013 | 1,970 | 2,784 | 2,240 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Chautauqua# | 1,218 | 1,131 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 5 | Endeavor | 4,485 | 3,892 | 3,306 | 3,332 | 3,842 | -14.3 | 15.3 |
| 6 | Horizon | 2,687 | 2,798 | 2,874 | 3,246 | 3,287 | 22.3 | 1.3 |
| 7 | Mesa | 1,541 | 1,841 | 2,313 | 2,827 | 3,025 | 96.3 | 7.0 |
| 8 | PSA | 1,080 | 1,227 | 1,956 | 2,529 | 2,854 | 164.3 | 12.9 |
| 9 | Compass | 1,082 | 1,203 | 1,361 | 1,653 | 1,898 | 75.4 | 14.8 |
| 10 | Air Wisconsin | 2,538 | 2,544 | 1,917 | 1,827 | 1,373 | -45.9 | -24.8 |
| 11 | GoJet | 1,039 | 1,113 | 1,128 | 1197.0 | 1,328 | 27.8 | 10.9 |
| 12 | Executive Airlines## | 744 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total | 50,191 | 50,458 | 50,318 | 50,416 | 52,676 | 5.0 | 4.5 | |
Notes:
* 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.
## Effective the end of March 2013, Executive Airlines ceased operations.
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