Transborder Trends: the Weight of Freight
Data Highlights
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’ August 2025 Aviation Fuel Consumption down 4.7%, and Fuel Cost per Gallon down 1.8% from July 2025
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ August 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.677 billion gallons of fuel, 4.7% less fuel than in July 2025 (1.760 billion gallons) and 0.5% less fuel than August 2024 (1.686 billion gallons). The cost per gallon of fuel in August 2025 ($2.30) was down 4 cents (1.8%) from July 2025 ($2.34) and down 17 cents (7.1%) from August 2024. Total
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