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May 2015 Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.6 percent more workers in May 2015 than in May 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.May was the 18th consecutive month that full-time equivalent (FTE) employment for U.S. scheduled passenger airlines exceededthesame month of theprevious year

April 2015 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

The U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service load factor a measure of the use of airline capacity fell to 82.8 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, declining for the second consecutive month (Table 1). Seasonal adjustment

Airlines Report Fourteen Tarmac Delays Over Three Hours on Domestic Flights, Two Tarmac Delays Longer Than Four Hours on International Flights in May

WASHINGTON Airlines reported 14 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and two tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in May, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Air Travel Consumer Report released today. Ten of the reported tarmac delays involved flights departing from Houston on May 25 during severe

April On-Time Performance Up, Cancellations Down From Previous Year, March 2015

WASHINGTON The nations largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of81.8 percent in April, up from both the 79.6 percent on-time rate in April 2014 and the 78.7 percent mark in March 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Air Travel Consumer Report released today. In addition, the reporting carriers canceled 0.9 percent of their

4th-Quarter 2014 Air Fare Data

The average domestic air fare increased to $393 in the fourth quarter of 2014, up 2.0 percent from $385 in the fourth quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. Of the 100 busiest airports, during the October to December 2014 period, passengers originating in Madison,

February 2015 Passenger Airline Employment Data


U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 388,983 workers in February 2015, 1.8 percent more than in February 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.February was the 15th consecutive month that full-time equivalent (FTE) employment for U.S. scheduled passenger airlines exceededthesame month of

Summary 2014 U.S.-Based Airline Traffic Data

The U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines and foreign airlines serving the United States carried an all-time high of 848.1 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in 2014, 2.5 percent more than in 2013 and 1.2 percent more than the previous record-high of 838.4

January 2015 Passenger Airline Employment Data


U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 386,544 workers in January 2015, 1.2 percent more than in January 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.January was the 14th consecutive month that full-time equivalent (FTE) employment for U.S. scheduled passenger airlines exceededthesame month of