U.S. Airline employment increased 2.8 percent in June to 698,901 individuals, with Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines posting employment gains of 7 and 10 percent, respectively, according to statistics released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Hawaiian Airlines employed 6,356 individuals in June, an increase of 6.9 percent from last year, with 5,053 full-time employees and 1,303 part-time employees. Alaska Airlines had 13,165 employees in June, an increase of 10 percent from…