Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, December 2012-2016
(FTEs for December of each year. Ranked by December 2016 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
Rank | Airline | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Percent Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012-2016 | 2015-2016 | |||||||
1 | AA/US Combined | 89,884 | 90,922 | 92,477 | 97,285 | 99,508 | 10.7 | 2.3 |
American** | 59,574 | 59,458 | 60,714 | 97,285 | 99,508 | N/A | 2.3 | |
US Airways** | 30,310 | 31,464 | 31,763 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
2 | United | 82,383 | 81,368 | 78,835 | 78,858 | 82,132 | -0.3 | 4.2 |
3 | Delta | 72,529 | 73,356 | 75,737 | 79,072 | 79,447 | 9.5 | 0.5 |
4 | Alaska | 9,269 | 9,509 | 10,202 | 10,921 | 11,527 | 24.4 | 5.5 |
Total | 254,065 | 255,155 | 257,251 | 266,136 | 272,614 | 7.3 | 2.4 | |
Notes:
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee
** American Airlines and US Airways merged and began reporting combined numbers in July 2015.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics