Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, January 2013-2017
(FTEs for January of each year. Ranked by January 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-2017 | 2016-2017 | |||||||
| 1 | AA/US Combined | 89,744 | 91,260 | 93,013 | 97,509 | 99,490 | 10.9 | 2.0 |
| American** | 59,426 | 59,686 | 60,999 | 97,509 | 99,490 | N/A | 2.0 | |
| US Airways** | 30,318 | 31,574 | 32,014 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | United | 82,209 | 81,368 | 78,401 | 79,067 | 82,146 | -0.1 | 3.9 |
| 3 | Delta | 73,174 | 73,372 | 76,011 | 78,713 | 79,157 | 8.2 | 0.6 |
| 4 | Alaska | 9,250 | 9,518 | 10,202 | 10,956 | 11,614 | 25.6 | 6.0 |
| Total | 254,377 | 255,518 | 257,627 | 266,245 | 272,407 | 7.1 | 2.3 | |
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