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Employees at U.S. Scheduled Passenger Airlines Month of August, 1990-2019

(Full-Time Equivalents)

Figure

A line chart that shows Schedule Passenger Airline Full-Time Equivalent Employees, Month of August 1990-2019 ranged from 466K in 1990, 534K in 2001, 406K in 2008, 415K in 2008, 378K 2010 and 450K in 2019 also indicates recession in 1991, 2001, 2009

Dataset Table:

Year August FTEs in thousands (000) 1
1990 465.9 2
1991 449.2 3
1992 453.4 4
1993 446.1 5
1994 432.6 6
1995 432.3 7
1996 438.3 8
1997 455.9 9
1998 470.8 10
1999 503.1 11
2000 524.7 12
2001 534.1 13
2002 472.2 14
2003 433.5 15
2004 443.4 16
2005 416.9 17
2006 404.1 18
2007 415.2 19
2008 406.5 20
2009 384.3 21
2010 378.4 22
2011 387.0 23
2012 386.9 24
2013 380.5 25
2014 384.5 26
2015 397.0 27
2016 414.2 28
2017 428.5 29
2018 439.6 30
2019 449.6 31
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Notes:

FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics