Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, December 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for December of each year. Ranked by December 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
1 | American (+ US) | 90,922 | 92,477 | 97,285 | 99,508 | 100,645 | 10.7 | 1.1 |
American | 59,458 | 60,714 | 97,285 | 99,508 | 100,645 | N/A | 1.1 | |
US Airways | 31,464 | 31,763 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
2 | United | 81,368 | 78,835 | 78,858 | 82,132 | 82,624 | 1.5 | 0.6 |
3 | Delta | 73,356 | 75,737 | 79,072 | 79,447 | 81,765 | 11.5 | 2.9 |
4 | Alaska | 9,509 | 10,202 | 10,921 | 11,527 | 13,142 | 38.2 | 14.0 |
Total | 255,155 | 257,251 | 266,136 | 272,614 | 278,176 | 9.0 | 2.0 | |
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