Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, September 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for September of each year. Ranked by September 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
| 1 | American (+ US) | 90,187 | 91,497 | 96,700 | 99,037 | 100,732 | 11.7 | 1.7 |
| American | 58,876 | 59,829 | 96,700 | 99,037 | 100,732 | 71.1 | 1.7 | |
| US Airways | 31,311 | 31,668 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | United | 82,082 | 79,064 | 78,400 | 81,776 | 82,604 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| 3 | Delta | 73,445 | 75,616 | 79,275 | 79,996 | 81,697 | 11.2 | 2.1 |
| 4 | Alaska | 9,480 | 9,956 | 10,940 | 11,327 | 12,824 | 35.3 | 13.2 |
| Total | 255,194 | 256,133 | 265,315 | 272,136 | 277,857 | 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