Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, January 2014 - 2018, January 2018
(FTEs for January of each year. Ranked by January 2018 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
Rank | Carrier | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Percent Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 - 2018 | 2017 - 2018 | |||||||
1 | American (+ US) | 91,260 | 93,013 | 97,509 | 99,490 | 100,832 | 10.5 | 1.3 |
American | 59,686 | 60,999 | 97,509 | 99,490 | 100,832 | N/A | 1.3 | |
US Airways | 31,574 | 32,014 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
2 | United | 81,368 | 78,401 | 79,067 | 82,146 | 82,364 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
3 | Delta | 73,372 | 76,011 | 78,713 | 79,157 | 81,487 | 11.1 | 2.9 |
4 | Alaska | 9,518 | 10,202 | 10,956 | 11,614 | 16,455 | 72.9 | 41.7 |
Total | 255,518 | 257,627 | 266,245 | 272,407 | 281,138 | 10.0 | 3.2 | |
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