Table 12: Low-Cost Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, September 2012-2016
(FTEs for Septemberof each year. Ranked by September 2016 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Percent Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-2016 | 2015-2016 | |||||||
| 1 | Southwest | 46,048 | 45,148 | 45,750 | 48,642 | 53,072 | 15.3 | 9.1 |
| 2 | JetBlue | 12,450 | 12,955 | 13,381 | 14,877 | 16,324 | 31.1 | 9.7 |
| 3 | Spirit | 2,810 | 3,389 | 3,803 | 4,450 | 5,397 | 92.1 | 21.3 |
| 4 | Frontier | 4,044 | 3,476 | 3,758 | 2,869 | 3,309 | -18.2 | 15.3 |
| 5 | Allegiant | 1,769 | 1,998 | 2,211 | 2,650 | 3,283 | 85.6 | 23.9 |
| 6 | Virgin America | 2,454 | 2,460 | 2,525 | 2,688 | 2,946 | 20.0 | 9.6 |
| Total | 69,575 | 69,426 | 71,428 | 76,176 | 84,331 | 21.2 | 10.7 | |
Notes:
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics