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Table 5: Carrier Group Percent of Total Scheduled Passenger Airline FTEs*, February 2017

(February of each year)

Dataset Table:

Year Network Airlines Low-cost Airlines Regional Airlines Other Airlines
2006 66.6 17.0 14.3 2.1
2012 67.1 17.9 13.6 1.3
2016 66.1 19.7 12.5 1.7
2017 65.0 20.7 12.5 1.8

Notes:

Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics