Table B. Unadjusted Estimated and Reported Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods, April Estimate

Estimated April 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 75.3 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in April 2019, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate, up 0.3% from the March second estimate.

Airline Financials 4Q 2018 Tables

Figure 4. Systemwide U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly Net Income, 4Q 2018

Figure 3. International U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Annual Net Income

Figure 2. Domestic U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Annual Net Income

2018 Annual and 4th Quarter U.S. Airline Financial Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a 2018 after-tax net profit of $11.8 billion, the sixth consecutive annual after tax profit, and a pre-tax operating profit of $17.6 billion, the 10th consecutive annual pre-tax profit.

Figure 2. Fares by Airport Group based on Number of Originating Domestic Passengers 4Q 2018

Figure 1. U.S. Average Domestic Annual Fares, 1995-2018

Annual and Fourth-Quarter 2018 Air Fare Data

The 2018 average domestic itinerary air fare of $350 was the lowest inflation-adjusted annual fare since the Bureau of Transportation Statistics began collecting such records in 1995, down 1.8 percent from the previous low of $356 in 2017.