U.S. July Passenger Airline Employment Down 0.8Pct Over July 2007

September 16, 2008 12:19 p.m. EST

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Passenger airline employment is down for July, U.S. Department of Transportation officials said Tuesday.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics released its figures showing that U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 0.8 percent fewer workers in July 2008 than in July 2007.

This marked the first decrease in full-time equivalent employee levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year since January 2007.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics is a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration.