Table 12: Low-Cost Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, May 2013 - 2017
(FTEs for May of each year. Ranked by May 2017 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | Airline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
| 1 | Southwest | 45,498 | 45,342 | 47,496 | 51,888 | 55,115 | 21.1 | 6.2 |
| 2 | JetBlue | 13,009 | 13,757 | 14,592 | 15,737 | 17,465 | 34.3 | 11.0 |
| 3 | Spirit | 3,256 | 3,668 | 4,227 | 5,277 | 5,953 | 82.8 | 12.8 |
| 4 | Allegiant | 1,906 | 2,148 | 2,520 | 3,208 | 3,611 | 89.5 | 12.6 |
| 5 | Frontier | 3,724 | 3,670 | 2,732 | 3,057 | 3,607 | -3.1 | 18.0 |
| 6 | Virgin | 2,425 | 2,510 | 2,600 | 2,903 | 3,108 | 28.2 | 7.1 |
| Total | 69,818 | 71,095 | 74,167 | 82,070 | 88,859 | 27.3 | 8.3 | |
Notes:
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics