BTS | Table 16: Average Enplanements per Full-Time Equivalent Employee* - Passenger Airlines by Group

Table 16: Average Enplanements per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*
Passenger Airlines by Group
Ranked by First Quarter 2006 Performance

(Enplanements per FTE)

1Q 2006 Rank		1Q 2001	1Q 2002	1Q 2003	1Q 2004	1Q 2005	1Q 2006	Change 1Q 2001-1Q 2006
1	Low-Cost Airlines	164	152	155	169	180	195	31
2	Network Airlines	85	87	89	102	113	117	32
	14-Carrier Average	94	96	100	114	125	133	39
	Group Difference	79	65	66	67	67	78	−1

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.