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Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, February 2014 - 2018

(FTEs for February of each year. Ranked by February 2018 FTEs)

Dataset Table:

Rank Carrier 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Percent Change
2014 - 2018 2017 - 2018
1 American (+ US) 91,303 93,636 97,405 99,845 100,902 10.5 1.1
American 59,699 61,410 97,405 99,845 100,902 N/A 1.1
US Airways 31,604 32,226 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2 United 80,694 78,380 79,385 82,225 82,516 2.3 0.4
3 Delta 73,602 76,440 79,214 79,510 81,772 11.1 2.8
4 Alaska 9,559 10,340 10,983 11,785 16,551 73.1 40.4
Total 255,158 258,796 266,987 273,365 281,741 10.4 3.1

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