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U.S. Airlines’ April 2022 Fuel Consumption Down 9.5% from Pre-Pandemic 2019; Aviation Fuel Cost per Gallon Hits Record High
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released airline Fuel Cost and Consumption information for April 2022. U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.35 billion gallons of fuel, 2.3% less fuel than in March 2022 (1.38B gallons) and 9.5% less than in April 2019. The monthly cost per gallon was $3.59, up 55 cents (18.0%) from March 2022 ($3.04) and up $1.53 (74.3%) from April 2019. April 2022 airline fuel expenditure ($4.82B) increased 15.3% from March 2022 ($4.18B) and was up 57.8% from April 2019.
National Transportation Statistics 6/1/22 Updated
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its monthly update to National Transportation Statistics (NTS), a guide to historical national-level transportation trends. This month’s updated tables include transportation safety statistics, roadway and lane-mile vehicle-miles...North American Transborder Freight up 23.8% in March 2022 from March 2021
Transborder freight between the U.S. and North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in March 2022: •Total transborder freight: $141.9 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 23.8% compared to March 2021. •Freight between the U.S. and Canada totaled $72.9B....Air Travel Consumer Report: March 2022 and 1st Quarter 2022 Numbers
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of March 2022 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, mishandled wheelchairs and scooters, complaints received, and oversales. The ATCR is...Transportation Services Contributed 5.4% to U.S. GDP in 2020; a Decline from 5.9% in 2019
Transportation services (for-hire, in-house, and household) contributed $1.2 trillion (5.4%) to an enhanced U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) of $21.3 trillion in 2020—as measured by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSAs). The TSAs measure the full...February 2022 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
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U.S. airlines carried 66.2 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in February 2022, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS), up 9.2% from January.