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Aviation

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Continuing the Conversation

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DISTRUBUTED AT THE FAAC AVIATION WORKFORCE-MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012

In 2010, the Honorable Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation, chartered the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC) to ensure the competiveness of the U.S. aviation industry. In...

FAAC Status Updates

In December of 2010, the FAAC completed several months of deliberation and issued 23 consensus recommendations on the future of U.S. aviation.  The recommendations focused on safety, the environment, competition, finance and labor relations.  Many of the FAAC’s recommendations in these...

July 2012 Passenger Airline Employment Rose 0.8 Percent from July 2011

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 390,032 workers in July 2012, 0.8 percent more than in July 2011, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. Scheduled passenger airline categories include network, low-cost, regional and other...

2nd-Quarter 2012 Airline Financial Data: Largest Airlines Report Profit

The largest scheduled passenger airlines reported a 6.0 percent profit margin in the second quarter of 2012, up from 5.3 percent in the second quarter of 2011, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today in a release of preliminary data