"Table 6: Top 10 Airlines, January 2008",,,,
Ranked by Number of Full-Time Equivalent Employees*,,,,
Rank ,Airline*,Total FTE Employees (000),Carrier Group,Top 10 Airlines January 2007
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.,,,,
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