Mid-February Airline Industry Employment Down 3,000 Employees from Mid-January

U.S. Airlines February 2021 Fuel Use Down 10% from January

CORRECTED: January 2021 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Rose 1.1% from December

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U.S.-Mexico Incoming Truck Crossings

546K Dec. 2020, +69K from 2019

Amtrak On-Time Performance

76.8% Feb. 2021, down from 83.5% in Feb. 2020

Transportation Employment - Air Transportation

402K Feb. 2021, -112K from 2020

Freight Rail Traffic - Intermodal Units

1.01M Feb. 2021, +12K from 2020

General Aviation Fatalities

10 Feb. 2021, -12 from 2020

Fuel Prices - On-highway Diesel

$2.85/gal Feb. 2021, -6 cents from 2020

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Mid-February Airline Industry Employment Down 3,000 Employees from Mid-January

April 8, 2021

U.S. airlines employed 711,554 workers in the middle of February 2021, 3,030 fewer than in mid-January 2021 (714,584 revised) and 43,541 fewer than in March 2020 (755,095 revised). The January total was the highest since April (718,385 revised).

04/07/2021 U.S. Airlines February 2021 Fuel Use Down 10% from January

03/30/2021 CORRECTED: January 2021 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Rose 1.1% from December

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03/24/2021 North American Transborder Freight down 2.9% in January 2021 from January 2020

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