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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