U.S. Airline employment is trending up, and the job numbers for North Texas’ major airlines are also on the rise.
Airline employment nationwide increased 2.8 percent in June to 698,901 people.
Fort Worth based American Airlines (NYSE: AAL) and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) posted employment gains of 2.3 percent and 5.8 percent, respectively, according to
statistics
from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
American Airlines employed 107,032 people in June, with 94,110 full-time…