"Table 6: Low-cost Carrier Employees, December 2000-2004",,,,,,,,
Rank,,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,Pct. Full-time Employees,
,,,,,,,2000,2004
1,Southwest,"29,274","32,310","33,705","32,847","31,012",98.6,99.2
2,America West,"12,397","10,929","11,578","11,012","11,392",88.7,88.9
3,Jet Blue,996,"2,031","3,685","5,129","6,678",83.6,89.2
4,ATA,"7,495","6,588","6,654","6,949","5,947",93.6,94.6
5,AirTran,"3,829","3,974","4,710","5,312","5,913",94.6,97.3
6,Independence Air,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,"4,158",N/A,96.5
7,Frontier,"2,082","2,198","3,320","3,365","4,056",88.7,89.3
8,Spirit,"1,683","1,912","2,389","2,568","2,484",90.0,94.2
,Total,"57,756","59,942","66,041","67,182","71,640",94.3,95.2
"Note: Independence Air (formerly known as Atlantic Coast Airlines) data have been included in 2003 totals for Regional Carriers, but reflecting the current change in its business model, the 2004 data have been included with Low Cost carrier results.",,,,,,,,
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,,,