Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, May 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for May of each year. Ranked by May 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
| 1 | AA/US Combined | 89,859 | 91,533 | 96,313 | 98,428 | 100,528 | 11.9 | 2.1 |
| American | 58,878 | 59,747 | 63,224 | 98,428 | 100,528 | 70.7 | 2.1 | |
| US Airways | 30,981 | 31,786 | 33,089 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | United | 82,588 | 80,500 | 78,660 | 80,789 | 82,939 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
| 3 | Delta | 74,285 | 75,720 | 78,720 | 80,183 | 81,422 | 9.6 | 1.5 |
| 4 | Alaska | 9,542 | 9,825 | 10,745 | 11,159 | 12,246 | 28.3 | 9.7 |
| Total | 256,274 | 257,578 | 264,438 | 270,559 | 277,135 | 8.1 | 2.4 | |
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