Air transportation in the UK - statistics & facts
In the past two decades, the number of people employed by airline companies registered in the United Kingdom (UK) has seen significant decline. Although figures had been slowly increasing again following severe cuts during the recession, numbers in 2019 were still noticeably smaller than in 2002. Between 2015 and 2019, cabin attendants were the most numerous out of all personnel. Overall, the civil aviation industry in the UK has been responsible for 1.4 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, with figures having declined only slightly since 2009.
