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Employees at U.S. Scheduled Passenger Airlines Month of March, 1990-2021

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line chart of the data below

Dataset Table:

Year March FTEs in thousands (000)
1990 449,953
1991 438,503
1992 444,758
1993 440,145
1994 433,680
1995 428,601
1996 436,153
1997 447,469
1998 463,887
1999 488,942
2000 501,920
2001 536,348
2002 461,395
2003 458,598
2004 436,690
2005 427,093
2006 404,374
2007 407,523
2008 416,914
2009 392,053
2010 377,807
2011 383,311
2012 388,113
2013 380,540
2014 383,575
2015 390,817
2016 405,983
2017 422,278
2018 435,710
2019 446,609
2020 461,597
2021 395,063

Notes:

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

Description:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics