In 2023, the number of employees at United Airlines amounted to 103,218, which represented an increase of around 11 percent in comparison with the workforce reported a year earlier. United served almost 164.9 billion passengers in 2023, a year-over-year take up of more than 14 percent.

The number of active pilots at United Airlines has been increasing gradually since 2020. In 2023, there were over 15,440 active pilots working for United Airlines, up from 13,830 in the previous year. This was the highest number of pilots in the given period.

In 2023, American Airlines employed around 132,100 people. This means 2,400 employees more compared to the previous year. American Airlines GroupAmerican Airlines is one of the leading airlines in the United States. With its headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, it is the largest airline in the world in respect to its fleet size, revenue, passengers carried, and number of destinations. In 2023, about 211 million passengers boarded an American Airline airplane. Their passenger travel segment generated 44.9 billion U.S. dollars in revenue in that year. Regionally, most of their revenue came from their domestic flights, with around 34.6 billion U.S. dollars in revenue. U.S. passenger airlinesDue to the large geographic size of the United States, flying is one of the most common forms of transportation. In 2023, approximately 862.8 million passengers were carried domestically or internationally by a U.S. airline. Customer satisfaction is an important part in the airline business. For a business to succeed, they must have high customer satisfaction. The American Customer Satisfaction Index determines on a scale of 0 to 100 how happy customers are based on the quality of goods and services purchased in the United States. In 2024, American Airlines received a score of 79. Alaska Airlines had the highest score out of all major airlines, with a score of 82.

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In 2023, Delta had 103,000 full-time equivalent employees. This was a significant increase from the 95,000 employees registered in the previous year. Using full-time equivalent employees as a measure can be useful when comparing headcount to revenue, profits, or other industry metrics.      Delta's position in the airline industry    For the accounting period of 2023, Delta Air Lines reported revenue earnings of 58 billion U.S. dollars, a significant increase from the previous year. That same year, the airline company held total assets worth approximately 73.6 billion U.S. dollars. Delta Air Lines is considered the leading airlines in the United States, based on its revenue and brand value.     Employees in the airline industry   One of the challenges the airline industry is an increasing shortage of pilots: a predicted 93,000 pilots will join the industry by 2029, however, demand for pilots is well above that figure with the projected shortage of airline pilots expected to continue. An additional challenge that the air transportation industry faces is one of unequal gender distribution: the top levels of management in the airline industry lacks gender diversity, with many roles being dominated by men. In 2021, around 94 percent of the CEOs of leading airline groups were men. 

The number of employees of the company American Airlines Group headquartered in the United States increased by 20.7 thousand persons (+20.16 percent) in 2021. In total, the number of employees amounted to 123.4 thousand persons in 2021. Notably, the number of employees for this company has been, with the exception of 2020, continuously increasing over the last years.Find more detailed information about the company at Statista Company Insights and a detailed description of the methodology on our dedicated page.

The number of employees of the company Spirit Airlines headquartered in the United States increased by 2.2 thousand persons (+22.4 percent) in 2022. With 12.03 thousand persons, the number of employees thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. Notably, the number of employees for this company has been, with the exception of 2020, continuously increasing over the last years.Find more detailed information about the company at Statista Company Insights and a detailed description of the methodology on our dedicated page.

During this time period, American Airlines was the leading airline in the U.S., with a domestic market share of 17.5 percent, closely followed by Delta Airlines, which had a 17.3 percent market share.

U.S. airlines' domestic market share

The passenger air transportation market is a thriving industry, taking individuals to locations around the globe. American Airlines was the second largest airline in the North America based on operating revenue, reaching nearly 50 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. Passenger airlines can face much scrutiny for their passenger satisfaction and comfort. A 2022 North American Airline Satisfaction Study by J.D. Power & Associates listed Southwest Airlines as the best long-haul, closely followed by low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways.

United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are the top ranked airlines based on 2022 domestic market share. Delta operates out of Atlanta, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Delta’s hub, sees the most passenger traffic in the United States. Chicago-headquartered United Airlines is a subsidiary of United Continental Holdings. United has flights to 210 domestic destinations and 120 destinations internationally, the Denver International Airport in Colorado being its largest passenger hub with over 8.4 million passengers in 2021.

This child item contains Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) imagery from three data collection campaigns (flights) over the Pepperwood Preserve in Sonoma County, California. Each child item contains: 1) Orthophoto, 2) Thermal, 3) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), 4) L-band microwave brightness temperature (Tb), 5) Estimated soil moisture, and 6) Digital elevation model from orthoimagery. The overall footprint varies depending on the type of sensor. This flight was done using a multirotor electric UAS called the E2. This flight contains an additional higher resolution L-band microwave brightness temperature and soil moisture map that covers a smaller footprint. All files are zipped raster (*.tif) files that can be visualized and edited by geospatial software including ArcGIS, QGIS, Python, and R. The spatial resolution of each raster is dependent on the instrument and the UAS altitude during data collection. The UAS equipment was operated by personnel from BlackSwift Tec ...

In the fiscal year 2023/24, the Emirates Airline group moved around 51.9 million passengers. That was an increase compared to the previous year, when the number of passengers carried by the group was about 43.6 million. Emirates Airlines Emirates Airlines is the largest airline in the Middle East and the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates. It is a subsidiary of the governmentally-owned aviation holding company, The Emirates Group, which generated operating profit to the value of 5.3 billion United Arab Emirates dirhams in the fiscal year of 2017-2018. The airline carried just over 56 million passengers and reported a passenger seat factor of 77.5 percent in the fiscal year of 2017-2018. The Dubai-based airline serves 151 destinations across 80 countries and has the largest aircraft fleet in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The region benefits from some of the largest proven oil reserves worldwide and the airlines have the advantage of being subsidized and therefore paying lower jet fuel prices. The company is one of the fastest growing carriers, extending its operating network worldwide. In the fiscal year of 2017-2018, the airline generated the highest share of revenue from its activities in Europe. The Middle East is among the regions where passenger and cargo air traffic are expected to encounter high growth rates, with Emirates Airlines being one of the key players in the region. Emirates SkyCargo is the airline’s freight division, responsible for handling 2.6 million metric tons of cargo at the end of the fiscal year 2017-2018.

This statistic illustrates the main U.S. cargo airlines in 2018, based on cargo revenue. Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) had the highest operating revenue with over 37.3 billion U.S. dollars, while the second most significant carrier was United Parcel Service (UPS) with operating revenue of six billion U.S. dollars.

Leading cargo airlines in the United States FedEx Corporation is one of the leading courier delivery companies in the world, generating revenue of almost 69.7 billion U.S. in the fiscal year of 2019. The Memphis-based company got its FedEx moniker after the company’s air delivery division, Federal Express, recently known as FedEx Express. With 681 aircraft in its fleet, FedEx Express is the largest airline in terms of cargo traffic; in 2018 it transported freight on 17.5 billion tonne-kilometers. Another major player on the cargo market is United Parcel Service (UPS). With around 481,000 employees, UPS generated revenue to the value of mroe than 71.8 billion U.S dollars from its package, freight and supply chain services worldwide. UPS Airlines is the company’s cargo airline, transporting packages and freight to more than 700 destinations worldwide and other international hubs in Europe, Asia-Pacific or Latin America, from its main hub located at the Louisville International Airport. The Louisville’s hub is also known as UPS’ Worldport, the company’s largest automated package handling facility with some 5.2 million square feet and 1.6 million packages sorted on a daily average.

The most profitable passenger airline in North America in 2023 was Delta Air Lines, with operating revenue of approximately 58.2 billion U.S. dollars. The company was closely followed by United Air Lines, with a revenue of nearly 53.7 billion U.S. dollars.

The volume of air tickets purchased by Amazon in the United States amounted to 483 million U.S. dollars in 2023, which positioned this company as the leading corporate travel spender in the North American country. Deloitte followed in the ranking that year.

The most popular airline was British Airways in the fourth quarter of 2024, with 67 percent of British respondents saying they have a positive opinion of the company. It was followed by EasyJet with 55 percent saying they liked the airline.

Air travel fatalities have been recorded in each of the last 16 years, with a total of 176 deaths in 2021 due to air crashes. However, despite some pronounced year-to-year differences, the overall trend has been for a reduction in the number of fatalities – a trend confirmed when looking at a slightly longer or much longer time frame. Fatal airline accidents According to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, air traffic fatalities refer to an incident where a person is fatally injured due to an occurrence associated with the operation of the aircraft. This definition covers any time from when the first person starts boarding to when the final person disembarks the plane. Corporate jet and military transport accidents are generally excluded. Overall safety of air travel The overall trend downward in air travel fatalities is notable given that the volume of passenger air traffic has increased by more than 66 percent since 2004. Indeed, when considered in terms of the number of accidents per distance travelled, air travel is statistically the safest form of transport. For example, in both the United States and the United Kingdom, air travel is many thousands of times safer than the most dangerous form of travel – motorcycle riding.