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