BTS | Table 20: Average Monthly Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee* - Low-Cost Carriers

Table 20: Average Monthly Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*
Low-Cost Carriers
Ranked by 2006 Performance

(Revenue Aircraft Minutes per FTE)

2006 Rank	Low-Cost	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Change 2001-2006
1	AirTran	191	204	209	221	251	263	72
2	Southwest	195	189	196	219	241	255	60
3	Spirit	162	176	176	194	195	224	62
4	JetBlue	182	190	204	221	219	223	41
5	Frontier	184	205	190	196	207	219	35
6	America West	175	187	199	208	204	193	18
7	ATA	82	108	144	167	154	166	84
	7-Carrier Average	175	181	191	210	224	234	59

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.