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U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor

Thursday, September 6, 2012

U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor

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Revenue Passenger-Miles (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles. If you are a user with disability and cannot view this image, use the table version. If you need further assistance, call 800-853-1351.

Load Factor (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

U.S. Airline Revenue Load Factor. If you are a user with disability and cannot view this image, use the table version. If you need further assistance, call 800-853-1351.

In 2010, capacity utilization for domestic carriers was 82.2 percent of available seat-miles (ASM) occupied by passengers for domestic flights, and 81.7 percent of ASM occupied for international flights. Foreign airlines that originated flights in the U.S. had a load factor of 81.5 percent.

U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor May-10 May-11
Scheduled System (Domestic and International) U.S. Airlines Total RPM (billions) 67.49 70.34
Percent change from same month previous year 4.6 4.2
Scheduled System (Domestic and International) U.S. Airlines' Load Factor (percent) 82.34 83.64
Difference from same month previous year* 2.6 1.3

* Current month minus same month previous year. This is generally used in the case of bound numbers, such as proportions that cannot exceed 100%.

NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, available at http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/ as of August 2011.