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Number of Employees - Certificated Carriers
2005 Year End Data

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Carrier Name Full Time Part Time Total
Large Regional      
Aerodynamics 239 38 277
Allegiant 517 76 593
Capital Cargo 188 0 188
Casino Express 141 18 159
Florida West 66 0 66
Kitty Hawk Air Cargo 201 0 201
Lynden Air Cargo 153 6 159
Miami Air 387 24 411
Northern Air Cargo 211 14 225
Pace 419 130 549
PSA Airlines 1,442 256 1,698
Republic Airlines 244 3 247
Shuttle America 709 4 713
Sky King 75 0 75
Tatonduk 240 39 279
Tradewinds 261 2 263
Total 5,493 610 6,103
Major      
ABX/Airborne Express 7,180 5,482 12,662
Alaska Airlines 8,464 996 9,460
America West 10,040 3,077 13,117
American 69,130 11,388 80,518
American Eagle 8,835 1,167 10,002
ATA 3,531 254 3,785
Comair 6,067 524 6,591
Continental 29,207 6,958 36,165
Delta 45,933 5,324 51,257
Express Jet 6,090 570 6,660
Federal Express 87,157 53,854 141,011
Jet Blue 7,647 1,601 9,248
Northwest 31,028 1,643 32,671
Southwest 31,472 514 31,986
United 50,474 6,243 56,717
United Parcel 5,883 193 6,076
USAirways 18,556 3,108 21,664
Total 426,694 102,896 529,590
Medium Regional      
Asia Pacific 36 4 40
BNJ Charter Company 5 0 5
Caribbean Sun Airlines 248 7 255
Centurion Air Cargo 140 0 140
Omega Air/Focus Air 151 0 151
Sierra Pacific 15 17 32
Total 595 28 623
National      
Air Transport Int'l 606 14 620
Air Wisconsin 2,102 192 2,294
Airtran 6,457 492 6,949
Aloha 1,831 1,544 3,375
Astar 1,020 3 1,023
Atlantic Southeast 5,402 300 5,702
Atlas Air 1,215 5 1,220
Champion Air 605 134 739
Continental Micronesia 945 460 1,405
Evergreen 359 35 394
Executive 1,527 445 1,972
Frontier 3,635 915 4,550
Gemini Air Cargo 437 0 437
Hawaiian 2,689 765 3,454
Horizon 3,261 486 3,747
Independence Air 2,134 482 2,616
Mesa 2,952 45 2,997
Mesaba 2,763 1,028 3,791
Midwest Express 1,716 386 2,102
Omni Air 955 9 964
Pinnacle 2,500 936 3,436
Polar Air Cargo 711 32 743
Ryan Int'l 642 7 649
Skywest 7,440 1,321 8,761
Sun Country 627 287 914
Trans States 1,266 72 1,338
USA 3000 775 118 893
World 1,369 96 1,465
Total 57,941 10,609 68,550
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