MEDIA ADVISORY: BTS Releases July Airline Full-Time and Part-Time Employment Data

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.   Tuesday, September 12, 2017 Contact: Dave Smallen                       Tel: 202-366-5568 david.smallen@dot.gov     MEDIA ADVISORY   BTS Releases July 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 July full-time and part-time employment data.   Total employment (full-time + part-time) by all U.S. airlines including scheduled passenger, charter and cargo:     July 2016                                681,756 June 2017                               699,430 (revised) July 2017                                699,128     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 July 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 Oct. 11. The BTS press release on full-time equivalent employment for scheduled passenger airlines, including historic comparisons and summary tables, will be issued Sept. 21.   -END-     You are subscribed to DOT email updates. Subscriber Services: Manage Preferences Questions for DOT? Contact DOT  STAY CONNECTED           U.S. Department of Transportation | 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE | Washington DC 20590 | 202-385-HELP (4357)