BTS | Table 19: Average Monthly Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee* - Passenger Airlines by Group

Table 19: Average Monthly Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*
Passenger Airlines by Group
Ranked by Third Quarter 2006 Performance

(Revenue Aircraft Minutes per FTE)

3Q 2006 Rank		3Q 2001	3Q 2002	3Q 2003	3Q 2004	3Q 2005	3Q 2006	Change 3Q 2001-3Q 2006
1	Low-Cost	174	181	192	211	226	237	63
2	Network	119	130	142	151	163	167	48
	14-Carrier Average	126	137	151	162	176	182	56
	Group Minutes Difference	55	51	50	60	63	70	15

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment Data

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