Table 12: Low-Cost Airline Full-Time Equivalent Employees*, August 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for August of each year. Ranked by August 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
| 1 | Southwest | 45,000 | 45,569 | 48,169 | 52,839 | 55,434 | 23.2 | 4.9 |
| 2 | JetBlue | 12,998 | 13,456 | 14,872 | 16,267 | 17,615 | 35.5 | 8.3 |
| 3 | Spirit | 3,374 | 3,774 | 4,410 | 5,335 | 6,209 | 84.0 | 16.4 |
| 4 | Allegiant | 1,947 | 2,248 | 2,620 | 3,241 | 3,696 | 89.8 | 14.0 |
| 5 | Frontier | 3,550 | 3,832 | 2,776 | 3,181 | 3,623 | 2.1 | 13.9 |
| 6 | Virgin America | 2,417 | 2,508 | 2,702 | 2,960 | 3,141 | 30.0 | 6.1 |
| Total | 69,286 | 71,387 | 75,549 | 83,823 | 89,718 | 29.5 | 7.0 | |
Notes:
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics