Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Number of Employees
Certificated Carriers
Year End Data 1997

CARRIER GROUP NAME FULL TIME PART TIME TOTAL
MAJORS      
Alaska 7,426 1,157 8,583
America West 8,514 2,718 11,232
American 74,735 13,568 88,303
Continental 30,028 6,993 37,021
Delta 58,104 11,878 69,982
DHL 7,534 2,762 10,296
Federal Express 84,638 55,191 139,829
Northwest 46,290 2,562 48,852
Southwest 23,494 960 24,454
Trans World 20,350 1,972 22,322
United 80,439 11,282 91,721
United Parcel 4,354 139 4,493
USAIR 36,218 4,647 40,865
Total Majors 482,124 115,829 597,953
NATIONALS      
Air Transport     0
Air Wisconsin 805 102 907
Aloha 1,562 745 2,307
American Int'l 2,432 540 2,972
American Trans Air 4,312 865 5,177
Arrow 457 3 460
Atlantic Southeast 2,270 264 2,534
Atlas 640 2 642
Carnival 1,296 107 1,403
Challenge 622 3 625
Continental Express 2,127 331 2,458
Continental Micrones 1,546 430 1,976
Emery 1,060 40 1,100
Evergreen 428 26 454
Executive 879 502 1,381
Hawaiian 2,172 379 2,551
Horizon 2,397 438 2,835
Kiwi 485 139 624
Midway 628 304 932
Midwest Express 1,657 212 1,869
Polar 481 115 596
Reno 1,877 486 2,363
Simmons 3,684 531 4,215
Southern Air 550 141 691
Sun Country     0
Tower 1,295 497 1,792
Trans States 1,538 392 1,930
USAIR Shuttle 505 62 567
Valujet     0
Western Pacific 1,047 316 1,363
World 846 92 938
Total Nationals 39,598 8,064 47,662
Large Regionals      
AirTran 545 74 619
Amerijet 477 224 701
Express One     0
Fine Airlines 918 3 921
Frontier     0
Gemini 279   279
Kitty Hawk     0
Mesaba 1,860 541 2,401
MGM Grand 262   262
Miami Air 333 28 361
Northern American 163 34 197
Northern 216 11 227
Pan Am 183 15 198
Reeve 286 43 329
Ryan Int'l 802 14 816
Spirit Airlines 636 159 795
Sun Jet     0
UFS 387 102 489
USA JET 290 5 295
Vanguard 464 71 535
Zantop 89 39 128
Total Large Regional 8,190 1,363 9,553
Medium Regionals      
Capital Cargo 61 1 62
Casino Express 105   105
Custom Air     0
Eastwind 62 108 170
Florida West 46 1 47
Lynden 47 15 62
Omni 120 3 123
Pace 9 4 13
Panagra 51 1 52
Sierra Pacific 34   34
Sky Trek 94   94
Sun Pacific     0
Sun World 40   40
Tatonduk 94 12 106
Trans Air Link 27 1 28
Trans Continental 138 1 139
Trans Meridian      
Total Medium Regionals 928 147 1,075
Total Form 41 Carriers 530,840 125,403 656,243


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