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TABLE 6: TOP 10 AIRLINES, OCTOBER 2016

Ranked by Number of Full-Time Equivalent Employees*

Dataset Table:

Rank Airline Total FTE Employees Carrier Group** Top 10 Airlines October 2015
1 American 99,191 Network American
2 United 81,903 Network Delta
3 Delta 80,244 Network United
4 Southwest 53,480 Low-Cost Southwest
5 JetBlue 16,495 Low-Cost JetBlue
6 Alaska 11,449 Network Alaska
7 Envoy 10,881 Regional SkyWest
8 SkyWest 10,586 Regional Envoy
9 ExpressJet 6,482 Regional ExpressJet
10 Hawaiian 5,501 Other Spirit

Notes:

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
** See Table 9 for Network, Table 12 for Low-Cost and Table 15 for Regional.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics