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Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, September 2012-2016

(FTEs for Septemberof each year. Ranked by September 2016 FTEs)

Dataset Table:

Rank Airline 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Percent Change
2012-2016 2015-2016
1 AA/US Combined 93,814 90,187 91,497 96,700 99,037 5.6 2.4
American** 63,397 58,876 59,829 96,700 99,037 N/A 2.4
US Airways** 30,417 31,311 31,668 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2 United 82,137 82,082 79,064 78,400 81,776 -0.4 4.3
3 Delta 72,718 73,445 75,616 79,275 79,996 10.0 0.9
4 Alaska 9,206 9,480 9,956 10,940 11,327 23.0 3.5
Total 257,875 255,194 256,133 265,315 272,136 5.5 2.6

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