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Table 12: Low-Cost Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, June 2013 - 2017

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

Dataset Table:

Rank Airline 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Percent Change
2013 - 2017 2016 - 2017
1 Southwest 45,216 45,508 47,645 52,301 55,347 22.4 5.8
2 JetBlue 13,029 13,423 14,718 15,949 17,600 35.1 10.4
3 Spirit 3,400 3,714 4,304 5,257 6,131 80.3 16.6
4 Allegiant 1,914 2,234 2,553 3,223 3,624 89.3 12.4
5 Frontier 3,610 3,685 2,755 3,139 3,618 0.2 15.3
6 Virgin America 2,405 2,510 2,617 2,927 3,072 27.7 5.0
Total 69,574 71,074 74,592 82,796 89,392 28.5 8.0

Notes:

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

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics