U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Add 3,411 Jobs in January 2022 for New COVID-19 Pandemic High; Employment Remains 2.3% Below Pre-Pandemic January 2020
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U.S. airlines carried 65.1 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in October 2021, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS), up 3.7% from September.
Seventh consecutive month of passenger airline employment increases.
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The 24 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed an estimated 412,844 full-time equivalents (FTEs) in October 2021, an increase of 0.5% (2,008 FTEs) from September 2021 (410,836 FTEs). October’s total was down 39,508 FTEs or 8.7% from pre-pandemic October 2019 (452,352 FTEs).