BTS: Airline employee numbers up slightly Despite waves of job cuts in the airline industry, U.S. scheduled passenger airlines actually employed 0.1 percent more workers in June 2008 than in June 2007, and Delta has 0.4 percent more in the same period, according to data published Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (DAL)
Northwest Airlines joins others in dropping bag fees for military Northwest Airlines has joined other major airlines in dropping the fees it charges for a third checked bag for active military personnel traveling on orders, the company announced Friday. (NWA) (AMR)