Table B. Unadjusted Estimated and Reported Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods, April Estimate

Figure 1. Monthly Passengers on U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic + International), Seasonally Adjusted, April 2016 - April 2019 (March 2019-April 2019 estimated)

Estimated April 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 75.3 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in April 2019, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate, up 0.3% from the March second estimate.

Airline Employment Tables March 2019

Employees at U.S. Scheduled Passenger Airlines Month of March, 1990-2019

March 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.5% more workers in March 2019 than in March 2018:

• March’s 444,967 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest March employment total since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs).  
• March was the 65th consecutive month that FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

National Transportation Statistics 5/7/19 Update, Passenger-Miles, Freight Flows, and other categories

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.

Airline Financials 4Q 2018 Tables

Figure 4. Systemwide U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly Net Income, 4Q 2018

Figure 3. International U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Annual Net Income