General
March 2018 Passenger Airline Employment Data
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.8 percent more workers in March 2018 than in March 2017:
- The highest monthly full-time equivalent (FTE) employment total (434,243 FTEs) since December 2004 (436,909 FTEs).
- The 53rd consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.
February 2018 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
U.S. airlines’ February systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passenger enplanements rose 1.4 percent from January, rising to 72.8 million to reach a new all-time seasonally-adjusted high.
Methodology
Table of contents
Introduction
Overview of Methods
Table 2. Principal Data Sources