Low-cost airlines: Southwest, JetBlue, AirTran, Frontier, Spirit, Virgin America, Allegiant, ATA, America West.
Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
* Full-time equivalent employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
** ATA Airlines ceased operating April 3, 2008 and stopped reporting employment data in March.
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The statistic shows the change in U.S. low-cost airline full-time equivalent employee numbers by month from 2007 to 2011. In January 2010, U.S. low-cost airlines employed *** percent more full-time equivalents than in January 2009.
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U.S. Department of Transportation. (August 16, 2011). Change in U.S. low-cost airline full-time equivalent employee* numbers by month from 2007 to 2011 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/192585/employee-change-of-us-low-cost-airlines-by-month-since-2007/
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Change in U.S. low-cost airline full-time equivalent employee* numbers by month from 2007 to 2011 [Graph], U.S. Department of Transportation, August 16, 2011. [Online]. Available: /statistics/192585/employee-change-of-us-low-cost-airlines-by-month-since-2007/
