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Preliminary Air Traffic Data, April 2020: 96% Reduction in U.S. Airline Passengers from 2019
U.S. airlines carried 96% fewer scheduled service passengers in April 2020 than in April 2019, according to preliminary data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 24 airlines that carry 99% of the passengers.
The 96% annual decline in the number of passengers from April 2019 is the largest year-to-year decrease on record, larger than the 51% decline from March 2019 to March 2020.
The large airlines carried 3.0 million passengers in April, the lowest monthly total in BTS records dating back to 1974. The previous low was 14.6 million passengers in February 1975.
Air Cargo Down 15% Between the U.S. and Foreign Points, March 2020 (Preliminary)
U.S. and foreign airlines carried 15.2% less cargo by weight between the U.S. and foreign points in March 2020 than in March 2019, according to data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by large air carriers.
March 2020 cargo numbers to and from the U.S. by world geographic areas (by weight):
- Total to and from the U.S.: 403 thousand tons, down 15.2% from March 2019 (475T tons)
- Europe: 102 thousand tons, down 25.0% from March 2019 (135T tons)
- Latin America: 46 thousand tons, down 29.2% from March 2019 (65T tons)
- Asia (including China): 229 thousand tons, down 6.4% from March 2019 (245T tons)
- China: 66 thousand tons, up 2.0% from March 2019 (66T tons)
- Canada: 9 thousand tons, down 8.1% from March 2019 (10T tons)
U.S. Airlines April 2020 Fuel Use Down 70% in One Year
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ April Fuel Cost and Consumption numbers.
April's One-Two Punch: as Scheduled Flights Hit Record Lows, Cancellations Reach New Highs
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