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Passenger Airlines Employment Increases in March 2008 - US DOT

Posted on: Thursday, 22 May 2008, 03:00 CDT

According to the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US-scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.6% more workers in March 2008, compared to March 2007.

The seven network carriers, except for American Airlines, all added full-time equivalent employees (FTE) from March 2007 to March 2008. Low-cost and regional carriers, including American Eagle, SkyWest, ExpressJet, Horizon Air, Pinnacle, Mesaba, Executive Airlines, Trans States Airlines, Shuttle America and GoJet increased their FTEs compared to 2007.

The seven network carriers employed 283,917 FTEs in March 2008, 68.5% of the passenger airline total, while low-cost carriers employed 14.7% and regional carriers employed 14.5%.

American Airlines employed the most FTEs in March 2008 among the network carriers, Southwest Airlines employed the most among low-cost carriers, and SkyWest employed the most among regional carriers. Seven of the top-10 employers in the industry are network carriers.

The merged America West-US Airways airline, which is listed in the network category, has reported 32,816 FTEs for March 2008. In March 2007, US Airways has reported 19,682 FTEs in the network category and America West has reported 12,339 FTEs in the low-cost category for a total of 32,021.

Source: Datamonitor

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