Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, November 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for November of each year. Ranked by November 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
1 | American (+ US) | 90,960 | 92,314 | 97,361 | 99,426 | 100,668 | 10.7 | 1.2 |
American | 59,462 | 60,614 | 97,361 | 99,426 | 100,668 | N/A | 1.2 | |
US Airways | 31,498 | 31,700 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
2 | United | 81,880 | 78,890 | 78,838 | 82,027 | 82,647 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
3 | Delta | 73,575 | 75,487 | 79,116 | 79,347 | 81,506 | 10.8 | 2.7 |
4 | Alaska | 9,499 | 10,132 | 10,936 | 11,547 | 13,064 | 37.5 | 13.1 |
Total | 255,914 | 256,823 | 266,251 | 272,347 | 277,885 | 8.6 | 2.0 | |
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