Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, June 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for June of each year. Ranked by June 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
| 1 | American (+ US) | 90,183 | 91,666 | 96,697 | 98,664 | 100,571 | 11.5 | 1.9 |
| American | 59,163 | 59,841 | 63,619 | 98,664 | 100,571 | 70.0 | 1.9 | |
| US Airways | 31,020 | 31,825 | 33,078 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | United | 82,498 | 79,996 | 78,773 | 81,196 | 82,922 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| 3 | Delta | 74,546 | 75,922 | 79,130 | 80,385 | 82,429 | 10.6 | 2.5 |
| 4 | Alaska | 9,564 | 9,907 | 10,886 | 11,258 | 12,468 | 30.4 | 10.7 |
| Total | 256,791 | 257,491 | 265,486 | 271,503 | 278,390 | 8.4 | 2.5 | |
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