Table 14: Average Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*,,,,,,,,
Low-Cost,,,,,,,,
Ranked by First Quarter 2006 Performance,,,,,,,,
(Revenue Aircraft Minutes per FTE employee),,,,,,,,
1Q 2006 Rank ,Low-Cost Carriers,1Q 2001,1Q 2002,1Q 2003,1Q 2004,1Q 2005,1Q 2006,"Change
1Q 2001-1Q 2006"
1,AirTran,201,192,209,220,240,258,57
2,Southwest,200,189,191,209,235,251,51
3,Spirit,184,161,191,205,206,248,64
4,Frontier,195,189,194,187,196,215,20
5,JetBlue,166,190,200,222,213,213,47
6,America West,179,175,192,206,199,199,20
7,ATA,80,96,148,165,160,144,64
,7-Carrier Average,178,175,188,204,218,231,53
"Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and T-100 Market Data.",,,,,,,,
* Full-Time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.,,,,,,,,