Figure 2. Domestic U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Annual Net Income

Figure 1. Systemwide U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Annual Net Income

2018 Annual and 4th Quarter U.S. Airline Financial Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a 2018 after-tax net profit of $11.8 billion, the sixth consecutive annual after tax profit, and a pre-tax operating profit of $17.6 billion, the 10th consecutive annual pre-tax profit.

National Transportation Statistics 4/24/19 Update, Personal Transportation Expenditures and other categories

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.

Air Travel Consumer Report: February 2019 Numbers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its April 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of February 2019.  The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.

4Q Air Fare Tables

Figure 2. Fares by Airport Group based on Number of Originating Domestic Passengers 4Q 2018

Figure 1. U.S. Average Domestic Annual Fares, 1995-2018

Annual and Fourth-Quarter 2018 Air Fare Data

The 2018 average domestic itinerary air fare of $350 was the lowest inflation-adjusted annual fare since the Bureau of Transportation Statistics began collecting such records in 1995, down 1.8 percent from the previous low of $356 in 2017.

February 2019 Regularly Scheduled Flights with More than 50% Delayed Arrivals of More than 30 Minutes