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