Table 4: Freight Transportation Services Index from Year-to-Year

Table 2A: Freight Transportation Services Index by Month, 2017-2020 , March 2020

Table 1A: Annual High and Low Points in Freight Transportation Services Index, 2009, 2016-2020, March 2020

Table 1: Freight Transportation Services Index Since September 2019 , March 2020

Freight Transportation Services Index, March 2015 - March 2020

March 2020 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.5% in March from February, rising after a one-month decline, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). From March 2019 to March 2020, the index fell 0.9% compared to a rise of 1.8% from March 2018 to March 2019 and a rise of 8.4% from March 2017 to March 2018 (Tables 1, 2, and 2A).

March 2020 top 25 airline tables

Preliminary Air Traffic Data, March 2020: 50% Reduction in U.S. Airline Passengers

U.S. airlines carried 51% fewer scheduled service passengers in March 2020 than in March 2019, according to preliminary data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 24 airlines that carry 99% of the passengers, dropping to the lowest level of air travel in almost than two decades.

The 51% decline in the number of passengers from March 2019 was the largest year-to-year decrease on record.

The airlines carried slightly more total, domestic and international passengers in March 2020 than in September 2001, the month of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Figure 4. Systemwide U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly Net Income, 4Q 2019

Figure 3. International U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Annual Net Income, 2019