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

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

Dataset Table:

Rank Airline 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Percent Change
2013 - 2017 2016 - 2017
1 Southwest 45,148 45,750 48,642 53,072 55,671 23.3 4.9
2 JetBlue 12,955 13,381 14,877 16,324 17,615 36.0 7.9
3 Spirit 3,389 3,803 4,450 5,397 6,323 86.6 17.2
4 Allegiant 1,998 2,211 2,650 3,283 3,700 85.2 12.7
5 Frontier 3,476 3,758 2,869 3,262 3,583 3.1 9.8
6 Virgin America 2,460 2,525 2,688 2,946 3,146 27.9 6.8
Total 69,426 71,428 76,176 84,284 90,038 29.7 6.8

Notes:

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

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics