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Passenger Airline
Employment Rose 2.1 Percent By Mike Mitchell |
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April 2, 2012 - U.S. scheduled passenger airlines
employed 2.1 percent more workers in January 2012 than
they did in January 2011, the U.S. Department of
Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS) reported.
This is the 14th consecutive month that full-time
equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled
passenger carriers have been higher than the same month
of the previous year. FTE calculations count two
part-time employees as one full-time employee.
BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology
Administration, reported that the January FTE total of
388,778 for the scheduled passenger carriers was 7,829
more than that of January 2011.
These monthly increases reflect gradual improvement in
the industry's employment following declines that began
in July 2008. However, the January 2012 employment
growth rate was the lowest since June 2011.
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Of the
network airlines, only Delta Air Lines, which has been
eliminating duplicate positions following its merger with
Northwest Airlines, decreased employment from January 2011 to
January 2012. United Airlines reported 81,352 FTEs in January
2012 in the first joint report following the merger with
Continental Airlines. The combined report was 4,248 more FTEs or
5.5 percent more than the 77,104 FTEs the two airlines reported
separately in January 2011.
All
low-cost carriers reported more FTEs in January 2012 than in
January 2011, except for AirTran Airways, Allegiant Air and
Frontier Airlines.
The low-cost carriers with more reported FTEs are Virgin America
Airlines, Spirit Airlines, JetBlue Airways and Southwest
Airlines.
Among the
15 regional carriers, the five carriers reporting reduced
employment levels compared to last year were Horizon Airlines,
Republic Airlines, Comair, Mesa Airlines and Executive Airlines.
Scheduled
passenger airline categories include network, low-cost, regional
and other airlines. Carrier Groups: The five network airlines employed 67.5 percent of the scheduled passenger airline total in December, the seven low-cost carriers employed 17.7 percent and the 15 regional carriers employed 13.6 percent. The 2011 to 2012 increases for all carrier groups result from the relatively consistent profits for most of the industry. |