Aviation and Drones
Estimated February 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
U.S. airlines carried an estimated 76.0 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers, seasonally-adjusted, in February 2019, up 0.6 percent from the January second estimate, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first February estimate.
December 2018 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data
The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.3 percent more workers in December 2018 than in December 2017:
- December’s 440,396 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the highest December employment total since December 2002 (462,602 FTEs).
- December was the 62nd consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.
Third-Quarter 2018 Air Fare Data
The third quarter 2018 average domestic itinerary air fare of $343 is the lowest inflation-adjusted quarterly fare since the Bureau of Transportation Statistics began collecting such records in 1995, down 0.4 percent from the previous low of $345 in the third quarter of 2017.