Aviation
U.S. Airlines April 2021 Passengers Increased 9% from March 2021 (Preliminary)
U.S. airlines carried 9.5% more scheduled service passengers in April 2021 than in March 2021 (preliminary) but 39% fewer passengers than in pre-pandemic April 2019, according to data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 18 airlines that carry more than 90% of the passengers...Number 331A - Part 244: Reporting of Tarmac Delay Data (Revised)
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION
ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING DIRECTIVE
...U.S. Airlines Narrow Net Loss in 1st Quarter 2021 from 4th Quarter 2020
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a first-quarter 2021 after-tax net loss of $4.2 billion and a pre-tax operating loss of $12.7 billion. While these first-quarter losses are the fifth consecutive quarterly losses, the extent of the losses is narrowing. The airlines reduced their losses...March 2021 U.S. Airline Traffic Rose 30% from February
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Contact: Dave Smallen
david.smallen@dot.gov

U.S. airlines carried 41.2 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in March 2021, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), up 29.6% from February.