"Table 6: Top 10 Airlines, June 2007",,,,,
Ranked by Number of Full-Time Equivalent Employees*,,,,,
Rank ,Airline,Total FTE Employees (000),Carrier Group,June 2006 Rank,June 2005 Rank
1,American,"72,942",Network,1,1
2,United,"51,775",Network,2,2
3,Delta,"48,832",Network,3,3
4,Continental,"35,915",Network,4,5
5,Southwest,"33,261",Low Cost,5,6
6,Northwest,"29,148",Network,6,4
7,US Airways,"20,405",Network,7,7
8,America West,"12,471",Low Cost,8,8
9,Sky West,"9,905",Regional,9,10
10,JetBlue,"9,675",Low Cost,11,11
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.,,,,,
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