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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