American Airlines, Southwest post employment gains

US airline employment is trending up. Airline employment nationwide increased 2.8% in June to 698,901 people. American Airlines and Southwest Airlines posted employment gains of 2.3% and 5.8%, respectively, according to statistics from the US DoT. American Airlines employed 107,032 people in June, with 94,110 full-time employees and 12,922 part-time employees. Southwest Airlines had 56,255 employees in June, with 54,439 full-time and 1,816 part-time workers. US airline employment was comprised of 583,404 full-time employees and 115,497 part-time employees. <br/>
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8/15/17