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1.59M January 2023, +600K from January 2022
$595B Q4 2023, +$29B from Q4 2022
$5.97B February 2023, +$950M from February 2022
1.07M June 2024, +160K from February 2023
2.63B September 2023, +6B from Dec. 2022
246M December 2022, +25M from December 2021

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U.S. Airlines’ March 2025 Fuel Cost per Gallon down 0.5% and Aviation Fuel Consumption up 18.4% from February 2025

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ March 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.609 billion gallons of fuel, 18.4% more fuel than in February 2025 (1.359 billion gallons) and 5.4% more than in pre-pandemic March 2019. The cost per gallon of fuel in March 2025 ($2.43) was down 1.3 cents (0.5%) from February 2025 ($2.45). Total March 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.92B) was up 17.8