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