Aviation

Release Number: BTS 34-21
Contact: Dave Smallen
david.smallen@dot.gov

The 23 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 0.3% fewer full-time equivalents (FTEs) in March 2021 than in February 2021:

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

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Passenger Airline Employment Tables March 2021

Air Passenger (Preliminary) Tables March 2021

February 2021 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried 31.8 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in February 2021, seasonally adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), up 3.3% from January.

BTS reported 29.2 million domestic passengers and 2.6 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in February.

U.S. Airlines March 2021 Passengers Rose 10% from March 2020 (Preliminary); First Increase since Pandemic Onset

U.S. airlines carried almost 10% more scheduled service passengers in March 2021 than in March 2020 (preliminary), the first year-over-year increase since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020, according to data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 22 airlines that carry...