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Number of Employees - Certificated Carriers
2004 Year End Data

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Carrier Name Full-time Part-time Total
Majors      
Alaska 8,747 1,110 9,857
America West 10,129 2,525 12,654
American 71,232 10,990 82,222
American Eagle 8,570 1,120 9,690
American Trans Air 5,625 643 6,268
Continental 28,227 7,168 35,395
Delta 53,394 6,578 59,972
Express Jet 6,052 583 6,635
Federal Express 85,451 54,086 139,537
Northwest 37,572 2,212 39,784
Southwest 30,749 525 31,274
United 54,460 6,632 61,092
United Parcel 6,017 256 6,273
USAIR 23,180 2,989 26,169
Total 429,405 97,417 526,822
Nationals      
Air Transport 555 17 572
Air Wisconsin 3,501 303 3,804
Airtran 5,754 318 6,072
Aloha 1,795 1,424 3,219
Astar 958 8 966
Atlantic Southeast 5,523 389 5,912
Champion Air 619 149 768
Comair 5,851 494 6,345
Continental Micronesia 976 489 1,465
Evergreen 395 28 423
Executive 1,554 462 2,016
Frontier 3,620 872 4,492
Gemini 419 0 419
Hawaiian 3,685 686 4,371
Horizon 3,084 476 3,560
Independence Air 4,014 287 4,301
Jet Blue 5,956 1,443 7,399
Kalitta Air 542 19 561
Mesa 3,627 410 4,037
Mesaba 2,778 845 3,623
Midwest Express 1,831 459 2,290
Omni Air 741 19 760
Pinnacle 2,154 902 3,056
Ryan 714 7 721
Skywest 6,462 1,072 7,534
Spirit 2,339 288 2,627
Trans States 1,385 72 1,457
World Airways 1,229 119 1,348
Total 72,061 12,057 84,118
Large Regionals      
Aerodynamics 254 17 271
Allegiant 339 93 432
Amerijet 524 8 532
Capital Cargo 188 0 188
Casino Express 98 4 102
Expressnet 254 16 270
Falcon 270 0 270
Florida West 66 0 66
Freedom Airlines 17 0 17
Kitty Hawk Air Cargo 201 0 201
Lynden 131 6 137
Miami Air 385 20 405
Northern Air Cargo 276 13 289
Pace 356 102 458
Primaris 60 1 61
PSA Airlines 1,542 300 1,842
Tatonduk 208 44 252
Tradewinds 214 3 217
Transmeridian 535 47 582
USA 3000 783 118 901
Total 6,701 792 7,493
Medium Regional      
Asia Pacific 38 4 42
BNJ Charter Company 5 0 5
Centurion Air Cargo 108 2 110
Sierra Pacific 14 5 19
Sky King 70 0 70
Sun World 14 0 14
Zantop 27 13 40
Total 276 24 300

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information
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