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Aviation and Drones

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Number 332 – Air Carrier Groupings 2020

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS

OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION

ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING DIRECTIVE

      

No.  332 

Issue Date: 10-1-2019 

Effective Date: 01-01-2020...

Air Travel Consumer Report: July 2019 Numbers

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

 

July On-Time Performance

In July 2019, reporting marketing carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 76.9%, up from both the 73.3% on-time rate in June 2019 and from 76.0% in July 2018.

July 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.5% more workers in July 2019 than in July 2018:

  • July’s 449,907 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the highest employment total since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs).  
  • June was the 69th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.