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

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

Dataset Table:

Rank Airline 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Percent Change
2013 - 2017 2016 - 2017
1 Southwest 45,074 46,095 49,167 53,480 55,988 24.2 4.7
2 JetBlue 12,993 13,598 15,014 16,495 17,765 36.7 7.7
3 Spirit 3,487 3,859 4,530 5,408 6,398 83.5 18.3
4 Allegiant 2,009 2,335 2,737 3,347 3,744 86.4 11.9
5 Frontier 3,437 3,703 2,905 3,309 3,617 5.2 9.3
6 Virgin America 2,496 2,520 2,710 2,994 3,239 29.8 8.2
Total 69,496 72,110 77,063 85,033 90,751 30.6 6.7

Notes:

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

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics