Research of the Employment in Air Transport in the Czech Republic

The subject of the study “Research of the Employment in Air transport in the Czech Republic” is to analyze employment in the aviation with an emphasis on its contribution to the Czech Republic. In the context of employment, this study deals with the position of air transport in relation to the transport industry and the whole market in the Czech Republic. The main aim of this study was to find out how many people work in the aviation, what is the development of employment in aviation over time, but also to compare employment in the aviation versus the transport industry and the whole market in the Czech Republic. This study used quantitative analysis, which helped to fulfill another goal of this study, namely, to analyze the efficiency of employment in aviation. In air transport, the following quantities were found: the number of employees, average monthly gross salary, total turnover and its effect on gross domestic product, turnover per employee, total profit and profit per employee, the ratio of labor costs to turnover, profitability, and efficiency of employees. The source of data on the transport sector or the market in the Czech Republic was mainly the database of the Czech Statistical Office. In general, it can be said that air transport follows the development trend of the entire market. During the research period (2014–2018), growth in the number of employees, average gross monthly wages, total profit, and thus profitability in the aviation industry was recorded. Still, the share of air transport in the gross domestic product also grew. Air transport thus contributes not only to the level of employment and thus also to the general well-being of people but also contributes to the creation of GDP, which indicates the performance of the economy of the entire Czech Republic.