Aviation
Third Quarter 2024 Average Air Fare Decreases 4.6% from Second Quarter 2024
The average U.S. domestic air fare decreased in the third quarter of 2024 to $366, down 4.6% from the second quarter 2024 inflation-adjusted fare of $383.U.S. Airlines’ November 2024 Fuel Cost per Gallon up 0.9% from October 2024; Aviation Fuel Consumption up 3.3% from Pre-Pandemic November 2019
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ November 2024 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.492 billion gallons of fuel, 5.4% less fuel than in October 2024 (1.577 billion gallons) and 3...October 2024 U.S. Airline Traffic Data Up 0.2% from the Same Month Last Year
BTS 02-25
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BTS to Begin Releasing Preliminary Estimates of Airline Passenger Travel in 2025
For the first time, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is releasing preliminary estimates for monthly enplanements. Monthly passenger enplanement numbers are not reported by the carriers and published by BTS for the month until more than a month later. BTS developed a model, which...Freight Analysis Framework Version 5 (FAF5) Experimental County-Level Estimates: Technical Report and User Guide
OverviewThe Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) database provides estimates of the weight and value of shipments throughout the United States for all commodity types and forms of transportation using a geographic system of 132 FAF zones. The largest zones are entire states. The large zone size...