Table 12: Low-Cost Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, December 2012-2016
(FTEs for December of each year. Ranked by December 2016 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Percent Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-2016 | 2015-2016 | |||||||
| 1 | Southwest | 45,861 | 44,831 | 46,278 | 49,583 | 53,536 | 16.7 | 8.0 |
| 2 | JetBlue | 12,460 | 12,952 | 13,665 | 15,219 | 16,531 | 32.7 | 8.6 |
| 3 | Spirit | 3,367 | 3,543 | 3,925 | 4,702 | 5,597 | 66.2 | 19.0 |
| 4 | Allegiant | 1,816 | 2,065 | 2,405 | 2,843 | 3,412 | 87.9 | 20.0 |
| 5 | Frontier | 3,898 | 3,494 | 3,625 | 2,953 | 3,392 | -13.0 | 14.9 |
| 6 | Virgin America | 2,379 | 2,480 | 2,501 | 2,735 | 2,966 | 24.7 | 8.4 |
| Total | 69,781 | 69,365 | 72,399 | 78,035 | 85,434 | 22.4 | 9.5 | |
Notes:
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics