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Table 12: Low-cost Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, July 2013 - 2017

(FTEs for July of each year. Ranked by July 2017 FTEs)

Dataset Table:

Rank Airline 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Percent Change
2013 - 2017 2016 - 2017
1 Southwest 45,128 45,523 47,875 52,545 55,356 22.7 5.3
2 JetBlue 12,998 13,513 14,804 16,129 17,639 35.7 9.4
3 Spirit 3,337 3,743 4,311 5,295 6,217 86.3 17.4
4 Allegiant 2,025 2,227 2,561 3,423 3,657 80.6 6.8
5 Frontier 3,612 3,748 2,787 3,147 3,576 -1.0 13.6
6 Virgin America 2,410 2,518 2,661 2,942 3,131 29.9 6.4
Total 69,510 71,272 74,999 83,481 89,576 28.9 7.3

Notes:

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

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics