Mark Nensel is the Managing Editor of Aviation Daily. Prior to taking the helm of daily production of Aviation Week's commercial aviation newsletter in 2018, Mark was a reporter and data analyst for Air Transport World.
Air freight volumes worldwide were up 3% year-over-year (YOY) in January, as approximately 5.5 million metric tonnes of cargo were shipped by air in January—a YOY increase of approximately 160,000 metric tonnes from January 2014, according to Airports Council International (ACI).
Full-time-equivalent (FTE) employment at US scheduled passenger airlines grew 1.2% year-over-year (YOY) in January, to a total FTE count of 386,544 personnel, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).