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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