Mark Nensel is the Managing Editor of Aviation Daily. Prior to taking the helm of daily production of Aviation Week's commercial aviation newsletter in 2018, Mark was a reporter and data analyst for Air Transport World.
US airlines (passenger and cargo) collectively employed 484,877 full-time workers in July, slipping 1.8% from July 2012, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
The world’s airlines posted a cumulative second-quarter net profit of $2.2 billion, a major improvement from the $622 million net loss reported in the year-ago quarter.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines reported third-quarter net profits of SKr844 million ($129.5 million), a 58.1% improvement over a net profit of SKr534 million in the year-ago period when it feared bankruptcy.