Table 12: Low-Cost Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, December 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for December of each year. Ranked by December 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
1 | Southwest | 44,831 | 46,278 | 49,583 | 53,536 | 56,110 | 25.2 | 4.8 |
2 | JetBlue | 12,952 | 13,665 | 15,219 | 16,531 | 17,728 | 36.9 | 7.2 |
3 | Spirit | 3,543 | 3,925 | 4,702 | 5,597 | 6,600 | 86.3 | 17.9 |
4 | Allegiant | 2,065 | 2,405 | 2,843 | 3,412 | 3,748 | 81.5 | 9.8 |
5 | Frontier | 3,494 | 3,625 | 2,953 | 3,392 | 3,702 | 6.0 | 9.1 |
6 | Virgin America | 2,480 | 2,501 | 2,735 | 2,966 | 3,116 | 25.6 | 5.1 |
Total | 69,365 | 72,399 | 78,035 | 85,434 | 91,004 | 31.2 | 6.5 | |
Notes:
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics