Data Highlights

$1.44M Feb. 2026, - 20K from Feb. 2025
$587B Q4 2025, +$27B from Q4 2024
914K Jan. 2026, +5K from Jan. 2025
2.68B Dec. 2025, -60M from Dec. 2024
284M Jan. 2026, -20M from Jan. 2025

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U.S. Airlines’ May 2026 Aviation Fuel Cost up 3.0%, Consumption up 3.5%, and Fuel Cost per Gallon down 0.5% from April 2026

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released U.S. airlines’ May 2026 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating total fuel expenditure ($6.66B) of U.S. scheduled service airlines was up 3.0% from April 2026 ($6.47B) and up 83.9% from May 2025 ($3.62B).