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U.S. Airline Industry Employment Sees Moderate Growth

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The U.S. airline industry's employment levels continued to show signs of moderate growth, with a total of 751,165 workers in April 2022. This represents a 0.64% increase from March 2022 and a 2.20% increase from pre-pandemic levels in April 2019. The industry-wide growth was driven by both passenger and cargo airlines, with the latter accounting for 37% of the total workforce.

Key Takeaways:

  • The U.S. airline industry employed a total of 751,165 workers in April 2022, with 63% of these workers employed by passenger airlines.
  • Southwest Airlines led the scheduled passenger carriers in terms of employment growth, adding 1,457 employees in April.
  • Delta Airlines added 1,380 employees, and United Airlines added 1,404 employees, contributing to the overall growth in the passenger airline sector.
  • U.S. cargo airlines employed 277,575 workers in April, with FedEx being the leading air cargo employer, increasing employment by 478 jobs.
  • The total number of Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) in the industry-wide workforce increased by 4,889 (0.71%) from March to April 2022.
  • U.S. cargo airlines employed 248,183 FTEs in April, up 670 FTEs (0.27%) from March.
  • The 26 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reporting data for April 2022 employed 445,582 FTEs, 5,137 FTEs (1.17%) more than in March 2022.

Statistics:

  • 751,165: Total number of U.S. airline industry workers in April 2022.
  • 4,752: Net increase in workers from March 2022 to April 2022.
  • 16,178: Net increase in workers from April 2019 to April 2022.
  • 470,317: Total number of workers employed by passenger airlines in April 2022.
  • 63%: Percentage of industry workforce employed by passenger airlines.
  • 5,448: Net increase in passenger airline employees in April 2022.
  • 642,877: Total number of full-time workers in April 2022.
  • 108,288: Total number of part-time workers in April 2022.
  • 697,021: Total number of industry-wide FTEs in April 2022.
  • 3.08%: Percentage increase in industry-wide FTEs from pre-pandemic levels in April 2019.

Sources:

  • Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) - June 9, 2022
  • Al Bawaba (Albawaba.com) - Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info)

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