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Employees at U.S. Scheduled Passenger Airlines Month of January, 1990-2020

(Full-Time Equivalents)

Figure

A line chart that shows Schedule Passenger Airline Full-Time Equivalent Employmees, Month of February 1990-2019 ranged from 450 in 1990, 520 in 2001, 400 in 2007, 450 in 2019 also indicates recession in 1991, 2001, 2009

Dataset Table:

Year January FTEs in thousands (000) 1
1990 444.9 2
1991 442.6 3
1992 441.1 4
1993 441.0 5
1994 437.5 6
1995 427.2 7
1996 435.9 8
1997 445.7 9
1998 459.3 10
1999 482.2 11
2000 508.5 12
2001 532.1 13
2002 464.0 14
2003 466.9 15
2004 436.1 16
2005 430.8 17
2006 405.2 18
2007 403.7 19
2008 415.1 20
2009 390.6 21
2010 379.3 22
2011 381.2 23
2012 386.4 24
2013 380.0 25
2014 381.8 26
2015 386.5 27
2016 402.3 28
2017 417.8 29
2018 429.8 30
2019 441.8 31
2020 452.9 32
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Notes:

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

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics