BTS | Table 17: Average Enplanements per Full-Time Equivalent Employee* - Low-Cost

Table 17: Average Enplanements per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*
Low-Cost
Ranked by First Quarter 2006 Performance

(Enplanements per FTE)

1Q 2006 Rank	Low-Cost Carriers	1Q 2001	1Q 2002	1Q 2003	1Q 2004	1Q 2005	1Q 2006	Change 1Q 2001-1Q 2006
1	Southwest	203	174	172	190	213	234	31
2	AirTran	173	167	176	185	199	220	47
3	Spirit	156	135	139	161	179	193	37
4	JetBlue	165	166	166	164	164	160	−5
5	Frontier	118	115	112	133	125	156	38
6	America West	133	129	135	144	148	147	14
7	ATA	79	96	111	122	98	75	−4
	7-Carrier Average	164	152	155	169	180	195	31

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.