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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