Thursday, February 11, 2016

Contact: Dave Smallen                      

Tel: 202-366-5568

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

BTS Releases December Airline Full-Time and Part-Time Employment Data

 

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today updated its airline employment web page with December full-time and part-time employment data.

 

Total employment (full-time + part-time) by all U.S. airlines including scheduled passenger, charter and cargo:

 

December 2014	594,330
November 2015	612,893 (revised)
December 2015	613,142

 

Individual airline numbers are available on the BTS airline employment web page. The web page provides full-time and part-time employment numbers by carrier by month from 1990 through December 2015.

Airlines that operate at least one aircraft that has more than 60 seats or the capacity to carry a payload of passengers, cargo and fuel weighing more than 18,000 pounds must report monthly employment statistics.

 

The next web update for full-time and part-time employment is scheduled for March 10. The BTS press release on full-time equivalent employment for scheduled passenger airlines, including historic comparisons and summary tables, will be issued Feb. 22.

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