Aviation
2022 1st Quarter U.S. Airline Financial Data
U.S. airline financial reports are filed quarterly with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for additional first-quarter (Tables 1-6) financial results.U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Add 4,752 Jobs in April 2022 for New COVID-19 Pandemic High; Employment Remains 2.2% Above Pre-Pandemic April 2019
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 751,165 workers in April 2022, 4,752 (0.64%) more workers than in March 2022 (746,413) and 16,178 (2.20%) more than in pre-pandemic April 2019 (734,987).March 2022 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
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U.S. airlines carried 69.4 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in March 2022, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), up 4.3% from February.
Seasonally-adjusted, BTS reported 61.8 million domestic passengers and 7.6 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in March.
U.S. airline traffic reports are filed monthly with BTS. See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for summary data since 2016 (Tables 1-24) and complete data since 2000.
U.S. Airlines’ April 2022 Fuel Consumption Down 9.5% from Pre-Pandemic 2019; Aviation Fuel Cost per Gallon Hits Record High
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released airline Fuel Cost and Consumption information for April 2022. U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.35 billion gallons of fuel, 2.3% less fuel than in March 2022 (1.38B gallons) and 9.5% less than in April 2019. The monthly cost per gallon was $3.59, up 55 cents (18.0%) from March 2022 ($3.04) and up $1.53 (74.3%) from April 2019. April 2022 airline fuel expenditure ($4.82B) increased 15.3% from March 2022 ($4.18B) and was up 57.8% from April 2019.