Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, March 2013-2017
(FTEs for March of each year. Ranked by March 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
1 | American (+ US) | 89,712 | 91,498 | 94,627 | 97,723 | 100,295 | 11.8 | 2.6 |
American | 59,006 | 59,835 | 62,090 | 97,723 | 100,295 | 70.0 | 2.6 | |
US Airways | 30,706 | 31,663 | 32,537 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
2 | United | 82,385 | 80,694 | 78,683 | 80,077 | 82,524 | N/A | 3.1 |
3 | Delta | 73,395 | 74,521 | 77,005 | 79,568 | 80,713 | 10.0 | 1.4 |
4 | Alaska | 9,379 | 9,629 | 10,479 | 11,007 | 11,971 | 27.6 | 8.8 |
Total | 254,871 | 256,342 | 260,794 | 268,375 | 275,503 | 8.1 | 2.7 | |
Notes:
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
** American Airlines and US Airways began reporting combined numbers in July 2015.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics