Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Printable Version

Number of Employees
Certificated Carriers
Year End Data 1994

CARRIER GROUP NAME FULL TIME PART TIME TOTAL
MAJORS      
America West 8,421 3,174 11,595
American 77,822 14,617 92,439
Continental 30,192 7,126 37,318
Delta 59,327 6,965 66,292
Federal Express 68,086 39,690 107,776
Northwest 41,652 2,880 44,532
Southwest 16,597 49 16,646
Trans World 21,955 2,460 24,415
United 68,135 7,933 76,068
United Parcel 4,072 182 4,254
USAIR 39,444 5,600 45,044
Total Majors 435,703 90,676 526,379
NATIONALS      
Air Wisconsin 619 56 675
Alaska 6,077 847 6,924
Aloha 1,575 547 2,122
American Int'l 1,498 293 1,791
American Trans Air 3,430 520 3,950
Altantic Southeast 1,931 260 2,191
Business Express     0
Carnival 872 268 1,140
Continental Micrones 1,246 434 1,680
DHL Airways 6,143 2,089 8,232
Emery 794 49 843
Evergreen 445 22 467
Hawaiian 2,097 360 2,457
Horizon 2,431 369 2,800
Markair 1,398 43 1,441
Midwest Express 1,206 131 1,337
Simmons 3,005 410 3,415
Southern Air 453 156 609
Sun Country 870 37 907
Tower 852 576 1,428
Trans State 1,000 241 1,241
USAIR Shuttle 504 32 536
World Airways 453 31 484
Total Nationals 38,899 7,771 46,670
Large Regionals      
Air South 443 68 511
Air Transport     0
Amerijet 222 48 270
Arrow 548 19 567
Challenge Air Cargo 489 5 494
Executive 784 365 1,149
Express One 746 33 779
Florida West     0
Frontier     0
Kiwi     0
MGM Grand 194 4 198
Miami Air 160 17 177
North American 96 9 105
Northern 207 33 240
Polar Air 233 35 268
Private Jet     0
Reeve 266 38 304
Reno Air 1,208 275 1,483
Rich 569 3 572
Ryan Int'l     0
UFS 373 106 479
USAfrica     0
Zantop 695 27 722
Total Large Regional 7,233 1,085 8,318
Medium Regionals      
Airtran 93 2 95
Atlas Air     0
AV Atlantic 45 90 135
Buffalo 155 1 156
Capital Air Express     0
Casino Express     0
Eagle Airlines 104   104
Fine Airlines 295   295
Great American 89 29 118
Kitty Hawk     0
Midway 256 66 322
Millon 82 4 86
Omni Air Express 53 4 57
Patriot 26 2 28
Ryan Int'l 492 12 504
Sierra 34   34
Spirit Airlines 280 43 323
Sportsflight     0
Trans Air Link 49   49
Trans American Chrtr 15 7 22
Trans Continental 55   55
Valujet 1,403 274 1,677
Viscount Air     0
Total Medium Regionals 3,526 534 4,060
Total Form 41 Carriers 485,361 100,066 585,427


RITA's privacy policies and procedures do not necessarily apply to external web sites. We suggest contacting these sites directly for information on their data collection and distribution policies.