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Airline Traffic Data

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Estimated October 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 78.1 million system-wide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in October 2019, seasonally-adjusted, reaching a new seasonally-adjusted all-time high, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate, up 0.9% from the September second estimate.

BTS estimated 68.5 million domestic passengers, which was also a new seasonally-adjusted all-time high, and 9.6 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in October

Estimated September 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 76.4 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in September 2019, seasonally adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate, down 0.7% from the August second estimate.

The BTS estimate of the September enplanement total of 76.4 million was down 1.7% from the all-time, seasonally adjusted, reported high of 77.7 million reached in June 2019.

Estimated August 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 78.2 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in August 2019, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate, up 0.3% from the July second estimate.

 

The BTS estimate of the August enplanement total of 78.2 million was a seasonally-adjusted all-time high.

 

BTS estimated 68.5 million domestic passengers and 9.8 million international passengers on U.S. airlines in August.

Estimated July 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an all-time high estimated 77.9 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in July 2019, seasonally-adjusted, more than in any other month, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate.

 

The July estimated passengers were 0.2% more than the June second estimate (77.8M), the previous high, and 3.8% more than the July 2018 reported data (75.1M).

Estimated June 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. scheduled airlines carried an estimated 76.8 million systemwide (domestic and international) passengers in June 2019, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate, up 0.4% from the May second estimate.

 

 

BTS’ June estimate was down 1.1% from the all-time, seasonally-adjusted, reported high of 77.7 million reached in March 2019.

 

BTS estimated 67.2 million domestic passengers and 9.6 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in June.