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U.S. Airlines’ February 2022 Fuel Consumption Down 11% from Pre-Pandemic 2019; Aviation Fuel Cost per Gallon Hits 7-year High
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ February Fuel Cost and Consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.14 billion gallons of fuel, 5.4% less fuel than in January 2022 and 11.4% less than in pre-pandemic...BTS Updates National Transportation Statistics with Sales Price of Transportation Fuels, Condition of U.S. Highway Bridges, Vehicle Miles Traveled, U.S. Air Carrier Delays & Cancellations, and Other Historical Tables
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its monthly update to National Transportation Statistics (NTS), a guide to historical transportation national-level transportation trends.U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment Rate Decreases to 5.1% in March 2022; Remains Higher than Overall U.S. Unemployment
The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 5.1% (not seasonally adjusted) in March 2022 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data recently updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. The March 2022 unemployment...
North American Transborder Freight Value Nears $114 Billion in January 2022; Up 20.6% from January 2021 and 17.1% from Pre-pandemic January 2020
Transborder freight between the U.S. and North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in January 2022: Total transborder freight: $113.7 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 20.6% compared to January 2021. January 2022 transborder freight was up 17.1% compared to...U.S. Scheduled Service Airline January 2022 Passengers Increased 33% from 2021, Decreased 34% from Pre-pandemic 2020 (Preliminary)
U.S. airlines carried 46.3 million scheduled service passengers in January 2022 (preliminary), 33.2% more than in January 2021 and 34.0% fewer than in pre-pandemic January 2020, according to data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 23 airlines that carry more than 90% of...Full-Year 2021 and December 2021 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
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U.S. airlines carried 674 million passengers (not seasonally adjusted) in 2021, 82.5% more than in 2020 (369 million, unadjusted). U.S. airline passenger enplanements in 2021 remained 27.3% below pre-pandemic 2019’s 927 million (unadjusted). System-wide 2021 enplanements comprised 612 million passengers on domestic flights and 62 million passengers on international flights (unadjusted).