Table 23: Average Monthly Originating Passengers per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*

Low-Cost Carriers
Ranked by First Quarter 2007 Performance

(Originating Passengers per FTE)

2007 Rank	Low-Cost	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Change 2002-2007
1	Spirit	124	131	156	176	181	229	105
2	Southwest	153	152	169	171	206	207	54
3	AirTran	117	126	132	148	162	182	65
4	JetBlue	149	144	149	143	145	157	8
5	Frontier	92	94	101	98	119	127	35
6	America West	87	92	96	100	95	80	-7
7	ATA	71	78	91	74	49	56	-15
	7-Carrier Average	126	128	140	142	161	166	40

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DB1B Origin & Destination Data

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