Table 12: Low-Cost Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, January 2013-2017
(FTEs for January of each year. Ranked by January 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
Rank | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013-2017 | 2016-2017 | |||||||
1 | Southwest | 45,835 | 44,983 | 46,588 | 49,981 | 54,051 | 17.9 | 8.1 |
2 | JetBlue | 12,593 | 13,119 | 13,751 | 15,255 | 16,789 | 33.3 | 10.1 |
3 | Spirit | 2,992 | 3,604 | 4,033 | 4,808 | 5,642 | 88.6 | 17.3 |
4 | Allegiant | 1,808 | 2,080 | 2,397 | 2,894 | 3,429 | 89.7 | 18.5 |
5 | Frontier | 3,866 | 3,412 | 3,612 | 2,962 | 3,414 | -11.7 | 15.3 |
6 | Virgin America | 2,371 | 2,495 | 2,528 | 2,738 | 2,962 | 24.9 | 8.2 |
Total | 69,465 | 69,693 | 72,909 | 78,638 | 86,287 | 24.2 | 9.7 | |
Notes:
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics