Table 3. Inflation-Adjusted Average Domestic Airline Fares by Quarter, 1Q 2017

Table 2. Passenger Airline Revenue from Fares 1990-2017, 1Q 2017

Table 1. 1st Quarter Average Fare 1995-2017, Adjusted for Inflation, 1Q 2017

May 2017 Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.6 percent more workers in May 2017 than in May 2016, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. May was the highest monthly full-time equivalent (FTE) total (425,251) since July 2005 (428,091) and was the 43nd consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

May 2017 Airline Employment Tables

Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-Time Equivalent Employees, Month of May, 1990-2017

General Aviation Profile

KEY:  N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a In 1960, 1970, 1980, classified as Industrial.

^b Includes Air tours done under 14 CFR 135: Air taxi operators and commercial operators.

^c Includes Sightseeing done under 14 CFR 91: general operating and flight rules.

^d The significant decrease in Other for 1990 and later can be attributed to a redefinition of the category to only include aerial other, general...

Air Carrier Profile

KEY:  N = data does not exist; R = revised; U = data is not available. 

^a Some totals include data not in the table; thus totals may not equal sum of table data. 

^b Includes scheduled and nonscheduled (charter) operators. By Sec. 2 of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 "charter air carrier" and "charter air transportation" replaced supplemental air carriers and supplemental air transportation, which were formerly Sec. 101(36) and (37) of the Act.  The 24 pre-deregulation supplemental carriers now have scheduled...

Energy Intensity of Certificated Air Carriers, All Services (Metric)

KEY:  R = revised.

^a U.S. owned carriers only. Operations of foreign-owned carriers in or out of the United States not included.

U.S. Ton-Miles of Freight

KEY: R= revised; U = data are not available.

^a Incudes Freight, Express, and Mail. 

^b Estimates from 1980 to 1989 come from the Association of American Railroads using ton mile values from the Surface Transportation Board’s Waybill Sample. The Waybill Sample represents all major U.S. railroads, including all Class I railroads and several short-line railroads.

^c Foreign water traffic is only measured for their travel on U.S. waterways, based on distance from coastal entrance channels to ports and...