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

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

Dataset Table:

Rank Carrier 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Percent Change
2014 - 2018 2017 - 2018
1 Southwest 44,983 46,588 49,981 54,051 56,527 25.7 4.6
2 JetBlue 13,119 13,751 15,255 16,789 17,823 35.9 6.2
3 Spirit 3,604 4,033 4,808 5,642 6,677 85.3 18.3
4 Allegiant 2,080 2,397 2,894 3,429 3,749 80.2 9.3
5 Frontier 3,412 3,612 2,962 3,414 3,726 9.2 9.1
6 Virgin America 2,495 2,528 2,738 2,962 N/A N/A N/A
Total 69,693 72,909 78,638 86,287 88,502 27.0 2.6

Notes:

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

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics