Table 23: Average Monthly Originating Passengers per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*,,,,,,,,
Low-Cost Carriers,,,,,,,,
Ranked by 2006 Performance,,,,,,,,
(Originating Passengers per FTE),,,,,,,,
2006 Rank ,Low-Cost ,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,"Change
2001-2006"
1,Southwest,180,163,169,189,206,223,43
2,Spirit,128,136,133,158,166,181,53
3,AirTran,121,132,139,150,165,181,60
4,JetBlue,150,147,152,154,152,150,0
5,Frontier,92,93,112,105,111,128,36
6,America West,91,94,100,103,104,92,1
7, ATA,63,79,86,102,75,61,-2
,7-Carrier Average,138,135,141,154,163,173,35
"Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DB1B Origin & Destination Data",,,,,,,,
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.,,,,,,,,