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