Figure 3. International U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly After Tax Net Profit, 1Q 2019

Figure 2. Domestic U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly After Tax Net Profit,1Q 2019

Figure 1. Systemwide U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly After Tax Net Profit, 1Q 2019

First Quarter 2019 U.S. Airline Financial Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a first-quarter 2019 after-tax net profit of $2.4 billion, the 24th consecutive annual after tax profit, and a pre-tax operating profit of $3.3 billion, the 32nd consecutive quarterly pre-tax profit.

Airline Employment Tables March 2019

Employees at U.S. Scheduled Passenger Airlines Month of March, 1990-2019

March 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.5% more workers in March 2019 than in March 2018:

• March’s 444,967 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest March employment total since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs).  
• March was the 65th consecutive month that FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Airline Financials 4Q 2018 Tables

Figure 4. Systemwide U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly Net Income, 4Q 2018

Figure 3. International U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Annual Net Income