July 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.5% more workers in July 2019 than in July 2018:

• July’s 449,907 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the highest employment total since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs).  
• June was the 69th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Figure 3. International U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly After Tax Net Profit, 2Q 2019

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

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

Second Quarter 2019 U.S. Airline Financial Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a second-quarter 2019 after-tax net profit of $4.8 billion, the 25th consecutive quarterly after-tax profit, and a pre-tax operating profit of $6.9 billion, the 33rd consecutive quarterly pre-tax profit.

U.S. airline financial reports are filed quarterly with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for additional second-quarter 2019 (Tables 1-6) financial results.

National Transportation Statistics 9/4/19 Update, Shares of U.S. Energy Consumption and other categories

Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.

June 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.4% more workers in June 2019 than in June 2018:

• June’s 449,985 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest employment total for any month since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs).  
• June was the 68th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Airline Employment Tables June 2019

Employees at U.S. Scheduled Passenger Airlines Month of June, 1990-2019, (Full-Time Equivalents)

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