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

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

Dataset Table:

Rank Airline 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Percent Change
2013 - 2017 2016 - 2017
1 Southwest 44,911 46,299 49,578 53,678 56,067 24.8 4.5
2 JetBlue 12,990 13,677 15,214 16,681 17,788 36.9 6.6
3 Spirit 3,521 4,447 4,623 5,484 6,505 84.7 18.6
4 Allegiant 2,048 2,398 2,737 3,223 3,760 83.6 16.7
5 Frontier 3,444 3,672 2,875 3,380 3,670 6.6 8.6
6 Virgin America 2,488 2,521 2,756 2,993 3,225 29.6 7.8
Total 69,402 73,014 77,783 85,439 91,015 31.1 6.5

Notes:

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

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics