Table 12: Low-Cost Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, March 2013-2017
(FTEs for March of each year. Ranked by March 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
1 | Southwest | 45,791 | 45,163 | 47,005 | 50,911 | 54,652 | 19.4 | 7.3 |
2 | JetBlue | 12,775 | 13,513 | 13,980 | 15,457 | 17,007 | 33.1 | 10.0 |
3 | Spirit | 3,215 | 3,569 | 4,159 | 4,943 | 5,782 | 79.8 | 17.0 |
4 | Allegiant | 3,808 | 3,504 | 3,022 | 3,015 | 3,534 | -7.2 | 17.2 |
5 | Frontier | 1,879 | 2,130 | 2,443 | 3,024 | 3,531 | 87.9 | 16.8 |
6 | Virgin | 2,386 | 2,505 | 2,554 | 2,852 | 3,026 | 26.8 | 6.1 |
Total | 69,854 | 70,384 | 73,163 | 80,202 | 87,532 | 25.3 | 9.1 | |
Notes:
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics