US Passenger Airlines February Employment Up
Posted on: Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 09:00 CDT
The US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics has reported that the US scheduled passenger airlines has employed 3% more workers in February 2008 than in February 2007.
According to the report, all of the low-cost carriers except ATA Airlines, and regional carriers American Eagle Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Horizon Air, Pinnacle Airlines, Mesaba Airlines, Executive Airlines, Trans States Airlines, Shuttle America and GoJet Airlines increased its full-time equivalent employee's (FTE) compared to 2007.
The six network carriers employed 249,800 FTEs in February, which is 59.7% of the passenger airline total, while low-cost carriers employed 22.9% and regional carriers employed 14.5%.
American Airlines employed the most FTEs in February among the network carriers, Southwest Airlines employed the most among low-cost carriers, and SkyWest employed the most among regional carriers.
The merged airline, which is listed in the low-cost category, reported 32,828 FTEs for February 2008. In February 2007, US Airways reported 19,537 FTEs in the network category and America West reported 12,401 FTEs in the low-cost category for a total of 31,938.
Source: Datamonitor
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