January 2008
Passenger Airline Employment Up 3.4 Percent from January 2007
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - U.S. scheduled
passenger airlines employed 3.4 percent more workers in January 2008 than in January
2007, the 12th consecutive increase in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled
passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year, the U.S.
Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
reported today (Table 2). FTE
calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
The six network carriers all added FTEs from January
2007 to January 2008 (Table 9). All of the low-cost carriers except ATA
Airlines (Table 12), and regional carriers American Eagle Airlines, SkyWest
Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Horizon Air, Pinnacle Airlines, Mesaba Airlines,
Executive Airlines, Republic Airlines, Trans States, Shuttle America and GoJet
Airlines (Table 15) increased their FTEs compared to last year.
Scheduled passenger airlines include network,
low-cost, regional and other airlines. Many regional carriers were not required to report employment numbers
before 2003, so year-to-year comparisons involving regional carriers, or the
total industry, are not available for the years before 2003.
The six network carriers employed 249,027 FTEs
in January, 59.6 percent of the passenger airline total, while low-cost
carriers employed 22.8 percent and regional carriers employed 14.6 percent
(Table 4).
American Airlines employed the most FTEs in January
among the network carriers, Southwest Airlines employed the most among low-cost
carriers, and SkyWest employed the most among regional carriers. Six of the top
10 employers in the industry are network carriers (Table 6).
America West Airlines and US Airways now operate
under a single certificate. Joint reporting began with October 2007 data. The combined airline’s employment numbers are
included with the low-cost carriers while US Airways’ previous numbers remain
with network carriers and America West’s previous numbers are listed separately
as a low-cost carrier.
The merged airline, which is listed in the
low-cost category, reported 32,674 FTEs for January 2008. In January 2007, US Airways reported 19,528 FTEs in the network category and America West reported 12,435
FTEs in the low-cost category for a total of 31,963.
Network Airlines
FTEs at the six remaining network carriers, not
including US Airways in previous years, increased 2.7 percent in January 2008
compared to January 2007, the ninth consecutive monthly gain from the same
month of the previous year. Prior to an
increase in May, the network group had reduced FTEs from the previous year
every month since September 2001 (Table 7).
All the network carriers increased FTEs from January
2007 to January 2008. The year-to-year
increases were Delta Air Lines 7.9 percent, Alaska Airlines 5.6 percent, Continental
Airlines 3.8 percent, United Airlines 0.9 percent, American 0.8 percent, and
Northwest Airlines 0.4 percent (Table 9).
FTEs at five network carriers declined during
the four years from January 2004 to January 2008. The exception was Continental
with a 5.4 percent increase (Table 8). The biggest percentage decline was at Northwest,
down 23.4 percent, a reduction of 8,920 FTEs, followed by Delta at 17.7 percent. The other FTE decreases during that time were
United, down 10.4 percent; American, down 7.5 percent; and Alaska, down 0.3
percent (Table 9).
Low-Cost Airlines
Low-cost carrier FTEs in January continued the 16-month
trend of increasing from the same month of the previous year (Tables 10,
11). The trend continued even without combining US
Airways’ numbers, which were listed in previous months in the network airline
category, with America West’s numbers for January.
All the low-cost carriers had FTE increases from
January 2007 to January 2008 except ATA, down 7.7 percent. Frontier Airlines reported an increase of 16.0
percent (Table 12).
Employment data for Independence Air, which
changed its business model from a regional to low-cost carrier in mid-2004, have
been included with low-cost carriers for 2004 and 2005 for consistency.
Low-cost carriers are those that the industry
recognizes as operating under a low-cost business model, with lower
infrastructure costs and higher productivity. Two new low-cost carriers, SkyBus
Airlines and Virgin America, began reporting employment data in August. SkyBus reported 431 FTEs in January and
Virgin America failed to report its employment data (Table 12).
Regional Airlines
Regional carrier FTEs were up 3.7 percent
in January 2008 compared to January 2007 (Table 13).
Republic and Mesaba reported the
largest increases in the group. Republic
employed 97.2 percent more FTEs in January 2008 than January 2007, while Mesaba
employed 19.4 percent more (Table 15).
Regional carrier FTEs rose from 55,797
in January 2005 to 61,104 in January 2008, an increase of 9.5 percent (Table 14).
The 12 regional carriers reporting
employment data in both 2004 and 2008 employed 17.4 percent more FTEs in January
2008 than in January 2004. Of that
group, Pinnacle reported the biggest gain, 81.8 percent, followed by SkyWest at
79.5 percent and ExpressJet at 31.6 percent. Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Air
Wisconsin Airlines, Mesa Airlines and Executive Airlines reported fewer FTEs in
January 2008 than January 2004 (Table 15).
Regional carrier Compass Airlines
began reporting employment data in November. Compass reported 384 FTEs in January
(Table 12).
Regional carriers typically provide
service from small cities, using primarily regional jets to support the network
carriers’ hub and spoke systems.
Reporting Notes
Airlines that operate at least one
aircraft with the capacity to carry combined passengers, cargo and fuel of
18,000 pounds – the payload factor – must report monthly employment statistics.
The Other Carrier category
generally reflects those airlines that operate within specific niche markets,
such as Aloha Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines in serving the Hawaiian
Islands.
Data are compiled from monthly reports
filed with BTS by commercial air carriers as of March 13.
Additional airline employment data can be found on the BTS website at http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/number_of_employees/. BTS has scheduled release of February airline
employment data for April 15.
Table 1: Change in Passenger Airline
Full-time Equivalent Employees* by Carrier Group
Percent change compared to same
month the previous year for the most recent 13 months
Excel | CSV
Jan.
2006-Jan. 2007 |
-2.6 |
4.5 |
3.0 |
-0.4 |
Feb.
2006-Feb. 2007 |
-2.2 |
5.0 |
5.9 |
0.4 |
Mar
2006-Mar 2007 |
-1.4 |
4.4 |
5.6 |
0.7 |
Apr.
2006-Apr. 2007 |
-0.7 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
1.4 |
May
2006-May 2007 |
0.3 |
5.3 |
7.2 |
2.2 |
June
2006-June 2007 |
1.3 |
5.3 |
5.1 |
2.5 |
July
2006-July 2007 |
1.5 |
5.9 |
4.8 |
2.8 |
Aug.
2006-Aug. 2007 |
1.5 |
5.3 |
4.9 |
2.6 |
Sept.
2006-Sept. 2007 |
1.8 |
6.0 |
5.2 |
3.0 |
Oct.
2006-Oct. 2007 |
-5.3 |
34.6 |
5.5 |
3.5 |
Nov.
2006-Nov. 2007 |
-5.0 |
35.3 |
5.1 |
3.7 |
Dec.
2006-Dec. 2007 |
-4.9 |
34.4 |
4.9 |
3.7 |
Jan.
2007-Jan. 2008 |
-5.0 |
34.8 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
** US
Airways’ employment numbers were included with the network airlines prior to
October 2007. Beginning with October 2007,
US Airways’ numbers are combined with America West Airlines’ numbers in the
low-cost category.
***Employment numbers in 2005 for
Independence Air, which changed its business model from a regional to low-cost
carrier in mid-2004, are included with low-cost carriers. The airline
discontinued flights on Jan. 5, 2006.
****
Includes network, low-cost, regional and other carriers. Other Carriers generally operate
within specific niche markets. They are:
Allegiant Air, Aloha Airlines, Boston-Maine Airways, Casino Express Airlines,
Continental Micronesia, Eos Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Midwest Airlines, Sun
Country Airlines and USA3000 Airlines.
Note:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 2: Change in Total Passenger
Airline* Full-time Equivalent Employees** from the Previous Year
Percent change compared to same month the previous year
Excel | CSV
January |
-0.8 |
-6.0 |
-0.4 |
3.4 |
February |
-1.4 |
-5.8 |
0.4 |
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March |
-1.9 |
-5.4 |
0.7 |
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April |
-3.1 |
-4.6 |
1.4 |
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May |
-3.5 |
-5.0 |
2.2 |
|
June |
-3.8 |
-4.8 |
2.5 |
|
July |
-3.5 |
-5.9 |
2.8 |
|
August |
-5.8 |
-3.1 |
2.6 |
|
September |
-5.8 |
-2.6 |
3.0 |
|
October |
-6.0 |
-2.2 |
3.5 |
|
November |
-6.5 |
-1.6 |
3.7 |
|
December |
-5.9 |
-0.9 |
3.7 |
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Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Includes
network, low-cost, regional and other carriers.
** Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
Note:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 3: Total Passenger Airline*
Full-time Equivalent Employees** by Month
Numbers in thousands (000's)
Excel | CSV
January |
435.0 |
431.5 |
405.7 |
404.3 |
418.1 |
-3.9% |
3.4% |
February |
435.0 |
428.9 |
404.5 |
406.0 |
|
|
|
March |
435.9 |
427.7 |
405.1 |
408.0 |
|
|
|
April |
437.8 |
424.1 |
404.5 |
410.2 |
|
|
|
May |
439.6 |
424.4 |
403.6 |
412.4 |
|
|
|
June |
440.9 |
424.3 |
403.8 |
414.0 |
|
|
|
July |
444.1 |
428.5 |
403.3 |
414.6 |
|
|
|
August |
443.0 |
417.5 |
404.7 |
415.4 |
|
|
|
September |
440.0 |
414.5 |
403.7 |
416.3 |
|
|
|
October |
439.1 |
412.7 |
403.6 |
417.9 |
|
|
|
November |
439.5 |
411.0 |
404.5 |
419.4 |
|
|
|
December |
434.0 |
408.8 |
405.0 |
419.8 |
|
|
|
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Includes
network, low-cost, regional and other carriers.
** Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
Note: Percent
changes and averages based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 4: Total Number of Full-time
Equivalent Employees* (FTEs) by Carrier Group, January 2004-2008
FTE Numbers in thousands (000’s)
Excel | CSV
2004 |
305.1 |
71.2 |
48.3 |
435.0 |
2005 |
292.7 |
71.6 |
55.8 |
431.5 |
2006 |
269.1 |
67.8 |
57.2 |
405.7 |
2007 |
262.0 |
70.8 |
58.9 |
404.3 |
2008 |
249.0 |
95.5 |
61.1 |
418.1 |
Pct.
Change 2004-2008**** |
-18.4% |
34.0% |
9.5% |
-3.1% |
Percent
of Total Passenger Airline Employees in 2008 |
59.6% |
22.8% |
14.6% |
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Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
** US
Airways’ employment numbers were included with the network airlines prior to October
2007. Beginning with October 2007, US
Airways’ numbers are combined with America West Airlines’ numbers in the
low-cost category.
***
Includes network, low-cost, regional and other carriers.
****
Percent change comparison for regional airlines and for all passenger airlines
is for 2005 to 2008 because of the
number of airlines in these categories that did not meet the standard for
reporting monthly employment numbers.
Note: Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 5: Full-time Equivalent
Employees* by Carrier Group, Year-to-Year
Change, January 2004-2008
Percent
Change from the previous year
Excel | CSV
2004 |
-12.5 |
8.4 |
N/A |
N/A |
2005 |
-4.1 |
0.5 |
15.5 |
-0.8 |
2006 |
-8.1 |
-5.3 |
2.5 |
-6.0 |
2007 |
-2.6 |
4.5 |
3.0 |
-0.4 |
2008 |
-5.0 |
34.8 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
** US
Airways’ employment numbers were included with the network airlines prior to
October 2007. Beginning with October
2007, US Airways’ numbers are combined with America West Airlines’ numbers in
the low-cost category.
*** Many regional carriers were not
required to report employment numbers before 2004, so year-to-year comparisons
involving regional carriers, or the total industry, are not appropriate for the
years before 2004.
****
Includes network, low-cost, regional and other carriers.
Note:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 6: Top 10 Airlines, January 2008
Ranked by Number of Full-Time
Equivalent Employees*
Excel | CSV
1 |
American |
73.3 |
Network |
American |
2 |
United |
52.5 |
Network |
United |
3 |
Delta |
48.0 |
Network |
Delta |
4 |
Continental |
36.1 |
Network |
Continental |
5 |
Southwest |
34.2 |
Low Cost |
Southwest |
6 |
US
Airways |
32.7 |
Low Cost |
Northwest |
7 |
Northwest |
29.3 |
Network |
US
Airways |
8 |
JetBlue |
10.4 |
Low Cost |
America West |
9 |
Sky
West |
10.3 |
Regional |
JetBlue |
10 |
Alaska |
9.9 |
Network |
Alaska |
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
Table 7: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees* Change from the Previous Year**
Percent change compared to same month the previous year
Excel | CSV
January |
-4.1 |
-8.1 |
-2.6 |
-5.0 |
February |
-4.6 |
-7.8 |
-2.2 |
|
March |
-5.0 |
-7.4 |
-1.4 |
|
April |
-6.5 |
-6.7 |
-0.7 |
|
May |
-6.6 |
-7.0 |
0.3 |
|
June |
-7.0 |
-6.8 |
1.3 |
|
July |
-5.9 |
-8.1 |
1.5 |
|
August |
-9.0 |
-4.7 |
1.5 |
|
September |
-8.9 |
-4.1 |
1.8 |
|
October |
-8.9 |
-4.0 |
-5.3 |
|
November |
-9.3 |
-3.4 |
-5.0 |
|
December |
-8.5 |
-2.9 |
-4.9 |
|
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
** US Airways’ employment numbers were included with the network
airlines prior to October 2007. Beginning with October 2007, US Airways’ numbers are combined with
America West Airlines’ numbers in the low-cost category.
Note:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 8: Network Carrier Full-time Equivalent Employees* by Month**
Numbers in thousands (000's)
Excel | CSV
January |
305.1 |
292.7 |
269.1 |
262.0 |
249.0 |
-18.4 |
-5.0 |
February |
304.7 |
290.9 |
268.2 |
262.4 |
|
|
|
March |
304.6 |
289.3 |
267.8 |
264.1 |
|
|
|
April |
305.6 |
285.8 |
266.6 |
264.8 |
|
|
|
May |
306.0 |
285.8 |
265.8 |
266.6 |
|
|
|
June |
306.1 |
284.8 |
265.3 |
268.6 |
|
|
|
July |
306.3 |
288.2 |
264.9 |
268.7 |
|
|
|
August |
305.3 |
277.8 |
264.8 |
268.8 |
|
|
|
September |
302.4 |
275.4 |
264.0 |
268.8 |
|
|
|
October |
300.9 |
274.1 |
263.0 |
249.0 |
|
|
|
November |
300.2 |
272.4 |
263.0 |
249.9 |
|
|
|
December |
295.7 |
270.6 |
262.9 |
250.0 |
|
|
|
12-Month
Average |
305.1 |
285.6 |
266.3 |
262.0 |
|
|
|
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
** US
Airways’ employment numbers were included with the network airlines prior to
October 2007. Beginning with October
2007, US Airways numbers’ are combined with America West Airlines’ numbers in
the low-cost category.
Note:
Percent changes and averages based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 9: Network Carrier Full-time
Equivalent Employees*, January 2004-2008**
(Ranked by January 2008 FTEs)
Numbers in thousands (000's)
Excel | CSV
1 |
American |
79.2 |
76.7 |
74.7 |
72.7 |
73.3 |
-7.5 |
0.8 |
2 |
United |
58.6 |
56.9 |
53.4 |
52.0 |
52.5 |
-10.4 |
0.9 |
3 |
Delta |
58.4 |
56.6 |
47.9 |
44.5 |
48.0 |
-17.7 |
7.9 |
4 |
Continental |
34.3 |
31.9 |
33.1 |
34.8 |
36.1 |
5.4 |
3.8 |
5 |
Northwest |
38.2 |
38.4 |
31.0 |
29.1 |
29.3 |
-23.4 |
0.4 |
6 |
Alaska |
9.9 |
9.2 |
9.0 |
9.3 |
9.9 |
-0.3 |
5.6 |
7 |
US
Airways |
26.5 |
24.1 |
19.9 |
19.5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Total |
305.1 |
293.7 |
269.1 |
262.0 |
249.0 |
-18.4 |
-5.0 |
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Note: Detail may
not add to total due to rounding
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
** US
Airways’ employment numbers were included with the network airlines prior to
October 2007. Beginning with October
2007, US Airways’ numbers are combined with America West Airlines’ numbers in
the low-cost category.
Note:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 10: Change in Low-Cost Airline
Full-time Equivalent Employees* from the Previous Year**
Percent change compared to same month the previous year
Excel | CSV
January |
0.5 |
-5.3 |
4.5 |
34.8 |
February |
0.6 |
-4.1 |
5.0 |
|
March |
0.0 |
-3.0 |
4.4 |
|
April |
-0.7 |
-2.2 |
5.7 |
|
May |
-1.0 |
-2.1 |
5.3 |
|
June |
-1.2 |
-2.0 |
5.3 |
|
July |
-1.5 |
-2.6 |
5.9 |
|
August |
-0.7 |
-0.8 |
5.3 |
|
September |
-1.0 |
-0.4 |
6.0 |
|
October |
-1.2 |
0.8 |
34.6 |
|
November |
-2.5 |
0.9 |
35.3 |
|
December |
-1.4 |
1.4 |
34.4 |
|
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
** US
Airways’ employment numbers were included with the network airlines prior to
October 2007. Beginning with October
2007, US Airways’ numbers are combined with America West Airlines’ numbers in
the low-cost category.
Note: Employment
numbers in 2004 and 2005 for Independence Air, which changed its business model
from a regional to low-cost carrier in mid-2004, are included with low-cost
carriers. The airline discontinued flights on Jan. 5, 2006.
Note:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 11: Low-Cost Carrier Full-time
Equivalent Employees* by Month**
Numbers in thousands (000's)
Excel | CSV
January |
71.2 |
71.6 |
67.8 |
70.8 |
95.5 |
34.0 |
34.8 |
February |
70.5 |
70.9 |
68.0 |
71.4 |
|
|
|
March |
70.8 |
70.8 |
69.7 |
71.7 |
|
|
|
April |
71.0 |
70.3 |
68.9 |
72.8 |
|
|
|
May |
71.3 |
70.5 |
69.1 |
72.7 |
|
|
|
June |
71.7 |
70.8 |
69.4 |
73.1 |
|
|
|
July |
72.4 |
71.3 |
69.4 |
73.5 |
|
|
|
August |
71.6 |
71.1 |
70.5 |
74.2 |
|
|
|
September |
71.3 |
70.6 |
70.3 |
74.5 |
|
|
|
October |
71.2 |
70.4 |
70.9 |
95.4 |
|
|
|
November |
72.3 |
70.5 |
71.1 |
96.2 |
|
|
|
December |
71.6 |
70.6 |
71.6 |
96.3 |
|
|
|
12-Month
Average |
71.3 |
70.9 |
69.2 |
78.6 |
|
|
|
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
** US
Airways’ employment numbers were included with the network airlines prior to
October 2007. Beginning with October
2007, US Airways’ numbers are combined with America West Airlines’ numbers in
the low-cost category.
*** Employment numbers in 2004 and 2005
for Independence Air, which changed its business model from a regional to
low-cost carrier in mid-2004, are included with low-cost carriers. The airline
discontinued flights on Jan. 5, 2006.
****Virgin
America and SkyBus began reporting employment data in August 2007
Note:
Percent changes and averages based on numbers prior to rounding.
Note:
Detail may not add to total due to rounding.
Table 12: Low-Cost Carrier Full-time Equivalent Employees,* January
2004-2008**
(Ranked by January 2008 FTEs)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Southwest |
32,484 |
31,011 |
31,430 |
32,490 |
34,186 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
2 |
US
Airways |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
32,674 |
N/A |
N/A |
3 |
JetBlue |
5,248 |
6,849 |
8,812 |
9,538 |
10,398 |
98.1 |
9.0 |
4 |
AirTran |
5,458 |
5,866 |
6,684 |
7,359 |
8,058 |
47.6 |
9.5 |
5 |
Frontier |
3,468 |
4,091 |
4,179 |
4,545 |
5,274 |
52.1 |
16.0 |
6 |
ATA |
6,949 |
5,810 |
3,199 |
2,418 |
2,233 |
-67.9 |
-7.7 |
7 |
Spirit |
2,405 |
2,475 |
2,055 |
2,065 |
2,224 |
-7.5 |
7.7 |
8 |
SkyBus |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
431 |
N/A |
N/A |
9 |
Virgin America ***** |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
10 |
Independence |
3,935 |
4,019 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
11 |
America West |
11,297 |
11,480 |
11,435 |
12,435 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Total |
71,244 |
71,601 |
67,794 |
70,850 |
95,478 |
34.0 |
34.8 |
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
** US
Airways’ employment numbers were included with the network airlines prior to
October 2007. Beginning with October 2007,
US Airways’ numbers are combined with America West Airlines’ numbers in the
low-cost category.
***Employment numbers in 2004 and 2005
for Independence Air, which changed its business model from a regional to
low-cost carrier in mid-2004, are included with low-cost carriers. The carrier did not meet the standard for
filing in previous years. The airline discontinued flights on Jan.
5, 2006.
****Virgin
America and SkyBus began reporting employment data in August 2007
*****
Virgin America failed to file January 2008 employment numbers
N/A: Carriers did
not meet the standard for filing, was no longer operating, merged with another
operating carrier or failed to file. See
previous notes.
Note:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Note: Detail may not add to total due to
rounding.
Table 13: Change in Regional Airline
Full-time Equivalent Employees* from the Previous Year
Percent change compared to same
month the previous year
Excel | CSV
January |
15.5 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
February |
14.3 |
1.1 |
5.9 |
|
March |
13.7 |
0.5 |
5.6 |
|
April |
12.6 |
0.6 |
5.6 |
|
May |
11.1 |
-0.6 |
7.2 |
|
June |
11.0 |
-1.6 |
5.1 |
|
July |
6.0 |
-0.8 |
4.8 |
|
August |
5.1 |
-1.0 |
4.9 |
|
September |
4.3 |
-0.3 |
5.2 |
|
October |
2.7 |
0.6 |
5.5 |
|
November |
2.1 |
2.4 |
5.1 |
|
December |
2.2 |
3.0 |
4.9 |
|
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
** Republic, Shuttle
America and GoJet reported for part of
2005.
*** Compass began reporting
employment numbers in November 2007.
Note:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 14: Regional Carrier Full-time
Equivalent Employees* by Month
Numbers in thousands (000's)
Excel | CSV
January |
48.3 |
55.8 |
57.2 |
58.9 |
61.1 |
9.5 |
3.7 |
February |
48.9 |
55.9 |
56.6 |
59.9 |
|
|
|
March |
49.6 |
56.4 |
56.7 |
59.9 |
|
|
|
April |
50.3 |
56.6 |
56.9 |
60.1 |
|
|
|
May |
51.2 |
56.9 |
56.5 |
60.6 |
|
|
|
June |
51.9 |
57.6 |
57.0 |
59.9 |
|
|
|
July |
54.3 |
57.6 |
57.1 |
59.9 |
|
|
|
August |
55.0 |
57.8 |
57.2 |
60.2 |
|
|
|
September |
55.2 |
57.6 |
57.4 |
60.7 |
|
|
|
October |
55.8 |
57.4 |
57.7 |
61.2 |
|
|
|
November |
55.6 |
56.8 |
58.1 |
61.1 |
|
|
|
December |
55.3 |
56.3 |
58.2 |
61.1 |
|
|
|
12-Month
Average |
51.6 |
56.9 |
57.0 |
60.3 |
|
|
|
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
** Mesa, Pinnacle and PSA began reporting
employment numbers in 2004.
*** Republic, Shuttle
America and GoJet reported for part of
2005.
**** Compass began reporting
employment numbers in November 2007.
Note:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 15: Regional Carrier Full-time Equivalent Employees*, January
2004-2008
(Ranked by January 2008 FTEs)
Excel | CSV
1 |
SkyWest |
5,716 |
7,217 |
8,103 |
9,175 |
10,260 |
79.5 |
11.8 |
2 |
American
Eagle |
7,794 |
9,267 |
9,366 |
9,320 |
9,666 |
24.0 |
3.7 |
3 |
ExpressJet |
5,826 |
6,419 |
6,391 |
7,034 |
7,665 |
31.6 |
9.0 |
4 |
Comair |
5,766 |
6,229 |
6,161 |
6,163 |
6,140 |
6.5 |
-0.4 |
5 |
Atlantic
Southeast |
5,450 |
5,740 |
5,450 |
5,747 |
4,388 |
-19.5 |
-23.6 |
6 |
Horizon |
3,344 |
3,339 |
4,120 |
3,714 |
3,751 |
12.2 |
1.0 |
7 |
Pinnacle |
1,963 |
2,624 |
2,963 |
3,194 |
3,569 |
81.8 |
11.7 |
8 |
Mesaba |
2,882 |
3,154 |
3,124 |
2,532 |
3,024 |
4.9 |
19.4 |
9 |
Mesa |
3,192 |
3,230 |
3,208 |
3,228 |
3,015 |
-5.5 |
-6.6 |
10 |
Air Wisconsin |
3,269 |
3,617 |
2,273 |
2,322 |
2,135 |
-34.7 |
-8.1 |
11 |
Executive |
1,887 |
1,761 |
1,765 |
1,711 |
1,759 |
-6.8 |
2.8 |
12 |
Republic |
N/A |
N/A |
313 |
677 |
1,335 |
N/A |
97.2 |
13 |
Trans
States |
1,213 |
1,472 |
1,366 |
1,280 |
1,315 |
8.4 |
2.7 |
14 |
PSA |
N/A |
1,730 |
1,617 |
1,436 |
1,199 |
N/A |
-16.5 |
15 |
Shuttle
America |
N/A |
N/A |
752 |
1,068 |
1,128 |
N/A |
5.6 |
16 |
Compass |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
384 |
N/A |
N/A |
17 |
GoJet |
N/A |
N/A |
237 |
322 |
375 |
N/A |
16.5 |
|
Total |
48,302 |
55,799 |
57,209 |
58,923 |
61,108 |
17.4 |
3.7 |
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Full-time
Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
** Many regional carriers were not
required to report employment numbers before 2004, so year-to-year comparisons
involving regional carriers, or the total industry, are not appropriate for the
years before 2004. The Percent Change
2004-2008 is based on the 12 carriers reporting in both years.
N/A: Not applicable because carriers did not meet the standard for filing.
Note: Detail may
not add to total due to rounding.
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