October 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.6% more workers in October 2019 than in October 2018:

• October’s 452,440 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the highest employment total since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs).
• October was the 72nd consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Airline On-Time/Tarmac Data, October 2019

Air Traffic November 2019

Table B. Unadjusted Estimated and Reported Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods, November 2019 Estimate

Table A. Seasonally Adjusted Estimated and Reported Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods, November 2019 Estimate

Figure 2. January-November Passengers on U.S. Airlines - 2003-2019

"Figure 1. Monthly Passengers on U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic + International), Seasonally Adjusted Nov 2016 - Nov 2019 (Oct 2019-Nov 2019 estimated)

Estimated November 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 78.3 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in November 2019, reaching a new seasonally-adjusted all-time high, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate, up 0.2% from the October second estimate.

BTS estimated 68.5 million domestic passengers and 9.8 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in November. The domestic and international passenger numbers were both seasonally-adjusted all-time highs.

Airline Financials 3Q 2019Tables

Figure 3. International U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly After Tax Net Profit, 3Q 2019