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BTS National Transportation Statistics Updated
Thursday, March 21, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a web-only reference guide to national-level transportation data was updated today.
January 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data
The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.8 percent more workers in January 2019 than in January 2018:
- January’s 441,783 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest January employment total since January 2003 (466,881 FTEs).
- January was the 63rd consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.