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Airlines that operate at least one aircraft with the capacity to carry combined passengers, cargo and fuel of 18,000 pounds - the payload factor - must report monthly full-time and part-time employment statistics to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Use dropdowns below to select a month from January 1990 to the present.

Regulations require airlines to report employment numbers for employees who worked or received pay for any part of the pay period(s) ending nearest the 15th day of the month.

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Large Regional - $20 million to $100 million annual operating revenue
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Historical Scheduled Passenger Airline      Table3: Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees
    

Carrier GroupFull TimePart TimeTotal
Major 715,609265,769981,378
National 32,2356,88139,116
Large Regional 1,6941201,814
Medium Regional 544599
GRAND TOTAL749,592272,8151,022,407

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Carrier GroupCarrier NameFull TimePart TimeTotal
Major Alaska19,0292,31521,344
Allegiant Air5,4099856,394
American96,30111,776108,077
Atlas Air4,312564,368
Delta103,2062,457105,663
Envoy Air12,8546,75019,604
Federal Express235,131213,206448,337
Frontier7,591507,641
Hawaiian6,7296227,351
JetBlue18,8593,09821,957
Kalitta Air3,317173,334
Polar Air Cargo22022
Republic Airline6,1692516,420
SkyWest13,3491,85015,199
Southwest70,9402,48573,425
Spirit10,85435111,205
Sun Country Airlines2,3119373,248
USA Jet1491150
United92,02018,497110,517
United Parcel Service7,057657,122
TOTAL715,609265,769981,378
National ABX Air Inc6446650
Air Transport International1,22201,222
Air Wisconsin23223255
Aloha Air Cargo39273465
Amerijet International7890789
Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze1,8486312,479
CommuteAir dba CommuteAir1,17031,173
Endeavor Air4,810754,885
Global Crossing65953712
GoJet Airlines1,18401,184
Horizon Air2,7171,0733,790
Jet Aviation Flight Services9120912
Lynden Air Cargo2090209
Mesa1,58451,589
National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National5520552
Northern Air Cargo2813284
Omni Air International9182920
PSA4,93704,937
Piedmont5,7594,80310,562
Scott Aviation 1110111
Sky Lease Cargo14911160
TEM Enterprises dba Avelo852120972
Western Global3040304
TOTAL32,2356,88139,116
Large Regional 21 Air2660266
Asia Pacific88189
Caribbean Sun Airlines17262234
Eastern1810181
Eastern Air Express (EAX)3420342
Gulf And Caribbean Cargo1390139
KaiserAir392968
Kalitta Charters II1690169
Tatonduk Outfitters Limited29828326
TOTAL1,6941201,814
Medium Regional Polaris Aviation Solutions381553
Sierra Pacific163046
TOTAL544599
GRAND TOTAL749,592272,8151,022,407