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The 25 US scheduled passenger airlines reporting data for October 2022 employed 470,428 FTEs, 3,398 FTEs (0.73%) more than in September 2022. October’s total number of scheduled passenger airline FTEs is 18,076 FTEs (4.00%) above pre-pandemic October 2019. United led scheduled passenger carriers, adding 1,472 employees; Southwest Airlines added 1,107; and Delta added 488.
US cargo airlines employed 251,714 FTEs in October, up 656 FTEs (0.26%) from September. US cargo airlines have increased FTEs by 20,456 (8.85%) since pre-pandemic October 2019. FedEx, the leading air cargo employer, increased employment by 1062 jobs.
