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