Figure 2. Domestic U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly Net Income

Figure 1. Systemwide U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly Net Income

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

September 2018 Transborder Numbers

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.

September 2018 Employment Tables

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

Passenger Airline Employment, October 2019

Airline Traffic Data, November 2019 Estimated, September 2019 Reported