BTS | Table 24: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee Compensation per Enplanement - Low-Cost - Ranked by Second Quarter 2006 Performance

Table 24: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation per Enplanement
Low-Cost
Ranked by Second Quarter 2006 Performance

(FTE Compensation in Dollars Per Enplanement)

2Q 2006 Rank	Low-Cost Carriers	2Q 2001	2Q 2002	2Q 2003	2Q 2004	2Q 2005	2Q 2006	Change 2Q 2001-2Q 2006
1	ATA	47	47	41	41	57	72	25
2	America West	30	31	32	32	32	37	7
3	JetBlue	28	31	33	32	32	33	5
4	Southwest	25	28	31	30	31	33	8
5	Spirit	28	32	33	32	30	31	3
6	Frontier	32	33	32	32	30	26	-6
7	AirTran	20	21	21	21	20	20	0
	7-Carrier Average	27	29	31	31	31	32	5

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and T-100 Segment Data

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.