Aviation and Drones
Legacy ID
11
Energy Intensity of Certificated Air Carriers, All Services
Aircraft-kilometers include all four large certificated air-carrier groups (majors, nationals, large regionals, and medium regionals), scheduled and charter, passenger, and all-cargo. Fuel consumed includes majors, nationals, and large regionals, scheduled and charter, passenger, and all-cargo. ...
Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel
KEY: R = revised.
(a) Aircraft are aircraft carrying passengers or cargo for hire under 14 CFR 121 (large aircraft-more than 30 seats) and 14 CFR 135 (small aircraft-30 seats or less). This definition is more encompassing than that in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Forecast- jet aircraft, 60 seats or more carrying passengers or cargo for hire. Beginning in 1990, the number of aircraft is the monthly average reported in use for the last three months of the year. Prior to 1990, it was the number of aircraft reported in use during December of a given year...
May 2018 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.0 percent more workers in May 2018 than in May 2017:
- May’s 438,215 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest monthly employment total since November 2004 (439,776 FTEs).
- May was the 55th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.