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Number of Employees - Certificated Carriers
2006 Year End Data

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Carrier Name Full Time Part Time Total
Large Regional      
Aerodynamics 225 40 265
Amerijet 591 53 644
Boston-Maine 141 6 147
Capital Cargo 194 0 194
Cargo 360 108 0 108
Casino Express 220 10 230
Gojet 312 0 312
Lynden Air Cargo 151 6 157
Northern Air Cargo 231 18 249
Pace 395 62 457
PSA Airlines 1,359 146 1,505
Republic Airlines 662 15 677
Shuttle America 1,089 12 1,101
Sky King 98 0 98
Tatonduk 241 36 277
Tradewinds 241 2 243
USA Jet 320 5 325
Total 6,578 411 6,989
Major      
ABX/Airborne Express 6,289 5,669 11,958
Airtran 7,114 601 7,715
Alaska Airlines 8,882 1,084 9,966
America West 11,496 3,084 14,580
American 67,768 10,402 78,170
American Eagle 8,614 1,309 9,923
ATA 2,385 138 2,523
Atlantic Southeast 5,497 320 5,817
Comair 5,784 684 6,468
Continental 30,901 7,132 38,033
Delta 42,443 4,406 46,849
Express Jet 6,545 566 7,111
Federal Express 83,678 54,158 137,836
Jet Blue 8,393 2,231 10,624
Northwest 28,486 2,288 30,774
Skywest 8,126 1,330 9,456
Southwest 32,429 470 32,899
United 49,484 5,711 55,195
United Parcel 6,018 172 6,190
Usairways 17,800 3,243 21,043
Total 438,132 104,998 543,130
Medium Regional      
Eos 233 12 245
Gulf & Caribbean 63 4 67
Netjets 4 0 4
Omega Air/Focus Air 203 0 203
Total 503 16 519
National      
Air Transport Int'l 477 19 496
Air Wisconsin 2,152 323 2,475
Allegiant 701 289 990
Aloha 1,877 1,588 3,465
Astar 990 2 992
Atlas Air 1,174 4 1,178
Champion Air 591 116 707
Continental Micronesia 939 403 1,342
Evergreen 495 33 528
Executive 1,494 375 1,869
Florida West 74 1 75
Frontier 4,052 939 4,991
Gemini Air Cargo 399 0 399
Hawaiian 2,742 832 3,574
Horizon 3,408 496 3,904
Kalitta Air 793 32 825
Mesa 3,209 61 3,270
Mesaba 2,020 1,070 3,090
Miami Air 515 5 520
Midwest Express 1,890 437 2,327
Omni Air 945 7 952
Pinnacle 2,716 1,144 3,860
Spirit 1,916 250 2,166
Sun Country 678 340 1,018
Trans States 1,256 43 1,299
Total 37,503 8,809 46,312
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