Table 20: Average Monthly Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*

Low-Cost Carriers
Ranked by First Quarter 2007 Performance

(Revenue Aircraft Minutes per FTE)

2007 Rank	Low-Cost	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Change 2002-2007
1	AirTran	192	209	220	240	258	272	80
2	Spirit	151	191	205	206	247	270	119
3	Southwest	189	191	209	235	251	256	67
4	JetBlue	190	200	222	213	213	243	53
5	Frontier	189	194	187	196	215	226	37
6	America West	175	192	206	199	199	180	5
7	ATA	96	148	165	160	144	174	78
	7-Carrier Average	175	188	204	218	231	238	63

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment Data

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