Table 12: Low-Cost Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, April 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for April of each year. Ranked by April 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
| 1 | Southwest | 45,590 | 45,217 | 47,179 | 51,443 | 54,836 | 20.3 | 6.6 |
| 2 | JetBlue | 12,872 | 13,638 | 14,347 | 15,629 | 17,224 | 33.8 | 10.2 |
| 3 | Spirit | 3,159 | 3,652 | 4,214 | 5,049 | 5,849 | 85.2 | 15.8 |
| 4 | Frontier | 3,737 | 3,628 | 2,911 | 3,070 | 3,590 | -3.9 | 16.9 |
| 5 | Allegiant | 1,899 | 2,089 | 2,442 | 3,096 | 3,531 | 85.9 | 14.1 |
| 6 | Virgin America | 2,420 | 2,527 | 2,602 | 2,893 | 3,049 | 26.0 | 5.4 |
| Total | 69,677 | 70,751 | 73,695 | 81,180 | 88,079 | 26.4 | 8.5 | |
Notes:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics