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Table 12: Low-Cost Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, February 2014 - 2018

(FTEs for February of each year. Ranked by February 2018 FTEs)

Dataset Table:

Rank Carrier 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Percent Change
2014 - 2018 2017 - 2018
1 Southwest 45,091 46,784 50,449 54,551 56,835 26.0 4.2
2 JetBlue 13,301 13,901 15,383 16,852 17,979 35.2 6.7
3 Spirit 3,534 4,079 4,916 5,652 6,767 91.5 19.7
4 Allegiant 2,134 2,460 3,008 3,488 3,783 77.3 8.5
5 Frontier 3,565 3,575 3,002 3,472 3,732 4.7 7.5
6 Virgin America 2,510 2,552 2,820 3,015 N/A N/A N/A
Total 70,135 73,351 79,578 87,030 89,096 27.0 2.4

Notes:

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics