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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’ January 2026 Aviation Fuel Consumption down 10.8%, and Fuel Cost per Gallon up 1.8% from December 2025

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released U.S. airlines’ January 2026 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.441 billion gallons of fuel, 10.8% less fuel than in December 2025 (1.614 billion gallons) and 1.0% less fuel than January 2025 (1.456 billion gallons).