MEDIA ADVISORY: BTS Releases September Airline Full-Time and Part-Time Employment Data
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Thursday, November 9, 2017
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MEDIA ADVISORY
BTS Releases September 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 September full-time and part-time employment data.
Total employment (full-time + part-time) by all U.S. airlines including scheduled passenger, charter and cargo:
September 2016 |
682,766 |
August 2017 |
699,157 (revised) |
September 2017 |
699,317 |
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 September 2017.
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 Dec. 8. The BTS press release on full-time equivalent employment for scheduled passenger airlines, including historic comparisons and summary tables, will be issued Nov. 17.
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