Number of Employees,,,, Certificated Carriers,,,, Year End Data,,,, ,1996,,, CARRIER GROUP,FULL,PART,, NAME,TIME,TIME,TOTAL, MAJORS,,,, Alaska,"7,219","1,098","8,317", America West,"8,500","2,366","10,866", American,"74,303","12,296","86,599", Continental,"27,147","6,321","33,468", Delta,"55,735","11,701","67,436", Federal Express,"76,556","51,230","127,786", Northwest,"45,063","2,568","47,631", Southwest,"22,493",902,"23,395", Trans World,"24,453","2,125","26,578", United,"75,244","10,764","86,008", United Parcel,"4,148",155,"4,303", USAIR,"37,047","5,197","42,244", Total Majors,"457,908","106,723","564,631", NATIONALS,,,, Air Transport,577,85,662, Air Wisconsin,736,87,823, Aloha,"1,569",687,"2,256", American Int'l,"2,143",471,"2,614", American Trans Air,"3,684",571,"4,255", Arrow,314,9,323, Altantic Southeast,"2,196",264,"2,460", Atlas Air,544,18,562, Carnival,"1,250",354,"1,604", Continental Express,"2,242",174,"2,416", Continental Micronesia,"1,441",449,"1,890", DHL Airways,"7,026","2,462","9,488" Emery,827,39,866 Evergreen,390,26,416 Executive,929,576,"1,505" Hawaiian,"2,163",360,"2,523" Horizon,"2,980",32,"3,012" Kiwi ,46,9,55 Mesa,"2,030",270,"2,300" Midwest Express,"1,440",171,"1,611" Polar Air,369,103,472 Reno Air,"1,736",401,"2,137" Rich,90, ,90 Simmons,"3,739",510,"4,249" Southern Air,488,142,630 Sun Country,"1,016",55,"1,071" Tower,"1,142",380,"1,522" Trans States,"1,265",355,"1,620" USAIR Shuttle,523,56,579 Valujet,"1,629",180,"1,809" World Airways,731,35,766 Total Nationals,"47,255","9,331","56,586" Total Large Regionals,,, Air South,450,180,630 Amerijet,379,97,476 AV Atlantic,160,68,228 Challenge,520,5,525 Express One,358,47,405 Fine,750, ,750 Frontier,606,108,714 Gemini,164, ,164 Great American,208,16,224 Kitty Hawk,265, ,265 MGM Grand,149,3,152, Miami Air,312,16,328, Midway,621,214,835, North American,136,19,155, Northern,202,22,224, Pan Am,387, ,387, Reeve,282,58,340, Ryan,668,14,682, Spirit,420,100,520, Sun Jet,215,32,247, UFS,388,111,499, Western Pacific,874,405,"1,279", Zantop,826,35,861, Total Large Regional,"9,340","1,550","10,890", Medium Regionals,,,, Air 21,454,73,527, Airtran,26,1,27 Casino Express,105, ,105 Custom Air,105,5,110 Eastwind,57,38,95 Falcon,33,,33 Florida West,28,1,29 Jettrain, , ,0 Laker,157, ,157 Millon,19, ,19 Nations,100,,100 Omni Air Express,47, ,47 Pace,9,4,13 Prestige,97,30,127 Renown,79, ,79 Sierra,42, ,42 Sun Pacific,91,4,95 Sun World,27, ,27, Tatonduk,72,4,76, Trans Air Link,, ,0, Trans Continental,127,1,128, Trans Meridian,173, ,173, USA Jet,288,13,301, Vanguard,368,81,449, Total Medium Regionals,"2,504",255,"2,759", Total Form 41 Carriers ,517007,117859,634866, ,,,,