BTS | Table 23: Average Monthly Originating Passengers per Full-Time Equivalent Employee* - Low-Cost Carriers

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.