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The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 5.4% (not seasonally adjusted) in February 2022 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data recently updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. The February 2022 rate fell 3.5...
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ January Fuel Cost and Consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.21 billion gallons of fuel, 10.5% less fuel than in December 2021 and 17.4% less than in pre-...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of December 2021 and the full calendar year 2021 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, mishandled wheelchairs and scooters, complaints...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today announced the beginning of the 2021 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS) data collection period, the first VIUS data collection in 20 years. In previous years, the VIUS was the principal data...
Well control equipment (WCE) failure events during well operations in 2020 decreased 36.8% in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf, according to Well Control Equipment Systems Safety – 2020 Annual Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation...