Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, October 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for October of each year. Ranked by October 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
| 1 | American (+ US) | 90,613 | 92,095 | 96,873 | 99,191 | 100,712 | 11.1 | 1.5 |
| American | 59,249 | 60,461 | 96,873 | 99,191 | 100,712 | N/A | 1.5 | |
| US Airways | 31,364 | 31,634 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | United | 82,141 | 78,448 | 78,476 | 81,903 | 82,670 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| 3 | Delta | 73,492 | 75,776 | 79,406 | 80,244 | 82,171 | 11.8 | 2.4 |
| 4 | Alaska | 9,495 | 10,090 | 10,949 | 11,449 | 13,012 | 37.0 | 13.7 |
| Total | 255,741 | 256,409 | 265,704 | 272,787 | 278,565 | 8.9 | 2.1 | |
Notes:
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time
** American Airlines and US Airways merged and began reporting combined numbers in July 2015.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics