Table 2 Monthly Summary of Tarmac Times, Oct 2008 - Oct 2018

Air Travel Consumer Report: September 2018 Numbers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its November 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on marketing and reporting air carrier data compiled for the month of September 2018.  The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of...

September 2018 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.7 percent more workers in September 2018 than in September 2017:

• September’s 440,460 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the second highest monthly employment total since August 2004 (443,412 FTEs) exceeded only by July 2018 (443,475).
• September was the 59th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-Time Equivalent Employees, Month of September, 1990-2018

September 2018 Employment Tables

Airline Codes

*To note: Not all Carriers report data to the DOT.

World Airport Codes

Estimated October 2018 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 75.3 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers, seasonally-adjusted, in October 2018, up 0.1 percent from the September estimate, according to a Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate.

BTS’ October air traffic statistical estimate released today is based on U.S. airlines reported data through August. BTS will release a second forecast of U.S. airlines’ October air traffic on Dec. 13, followed by a release of the reported data on Jan. 12.

Figure 2. Unadjusted Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International), Oct 2015 - Oct 2018 (Sept-Oct2018 estimated)

Figure 1. Seasonally-Adjusted Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International), Oct 2015 - Oct 2018 (Sept-Oct 2018 estimated)