September 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.3% more workers in September 2019 than in September 2018:

• September’s 450,517 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the highest employment total since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs).  
• September was the 71st consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Air Traffic October 2019

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

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

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

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

Estimated October 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 78.1 million system-wide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in October 2019, seasonally-adjusted, reaching a new seasonally-adjusted all-time high, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate, up 0.9% from the September second estimate.

BTS estimated 68.5 million domestic passengers, which was also a new seasonally-adjusted all-time high, and 9.6 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in October

Air Travel Consumer Report: September 2019 and 3rd Quarter 2019 Numbers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its November 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of September 2019.  The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.

Domestic Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 3 Hours and International Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 4 Hours, September 2019

September 2019 Regularly Scheduled Flights with More than 50% Delayed Arrivals of More than 30 Minutes