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US air traffic recovery gaining momentum

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US air traffic is accelerating going into the summer of 2024. Using a combination of TSA and FlightRadar24 data, we see the following. The number of flights and passengers has grown consistently since January 2021. The upper chart lists flights…

US airline employment may have peaked

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The pandemic did a number on every business in the service sector.  US airlines were hit hard and, like everyone else, grabbed the PPP funding.   As traffic dropped off, airlines scrambled to lose employees.  The most expensive were offered buyouts…