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Table 17: Average Monthly Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*
Low-Cost Carriers
Ranked by First Quarter 2007 Performance

(ASMs in Millions per FTE)

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2007 Rank Low-Cost 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Change
2002-2007
1 Spirit 181 214 225 232 254 306 25
2 JetBlue 229 246 263 253 243 264 35
3 ATA 158 242 256 249 216 262 104
4 Southwest 173 174 193 218 234 241 68
5 AirTran 142 160 174 195 213 231 89
6 Frontier 176 187 177 178 192 214 38
7 America West 181 198 216 209 208 190 9
  7-Carrier Average 173 191 208 219 226 235 62

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.
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