BTS | Table 14: Average Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee* - Low-Cost

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 art-time employees as one full-time employee.