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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