U.S. Airlines January 2021 Fuel Use Down 8% from December 2020

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Truck Transportation Employment

1.45M Dec. 2020, -30K from Nov.

Light Truck Sales

1.27M Dec. 2020, +130K from 2019

On-Highway Diesel Fuel

$2.68/Gal. Jan. 2021, down $.37 from 2020

State/Local Govt Spending on Roadways

$5.76B Dec. 2020, +470M from Dec. 2019

Highway Fatalities (Quarterly)

11.3K Q3 2020, up 1.4K from Q3 2019

U.S. Waterway Tonnage (Monthly)

44.8M tons Dec. 2020, -5.2M from Dec. 2019

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U.S. Airlines January 2021 Fuel Use Down 8% from December 2020

March 3, 2021

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ January Fuel Cost and Consumption numbers. U.S. airlines’ January 2021 fuel consumption was 8.1% lower than December 2020, and almost double consumption in April 2020.

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