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