Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, July 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for July of each year. Ranked by July 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
| 1 | American (+ US) | 90,196 | 91,651 | 96,826 | 98,808 | 100,816 | 11.8 | 2.0 |
| American | 59,056 | 59,962 | 96,826 | 98,808 | 100,816 | 70.7 | 2.0 | |
| US Airways | 31,140 | 31,689 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | United | 82,499 | 79,800 | 78,737 | 81,613 | 82,959 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| 3 | Delta | 74,212 | 76,101 | 79,117 | 80,289 | 81,949 | 10.4 | 2.1 |
| 4 | Alaska | 9,567 | 9,989 | 10,871 | 11,253 | 12,601 | 31.7 | 12.0 |
| Total | 256,474 | 257,541 | 265,551 | 271,963 | 278,325 | 8.5 | 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