April 2020 North American Transborder Freight Numbers

Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in April 2020:

• Total Transborder freight: $58.1 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, down 44.4% compared to April 2019. The $58.1 in total Transborder freight was the lowest amount since May 2009.
• Most-used mode: Trucks moved $38.5 billion of freight, down 40.8% compared to April 2019.
• Second most-used mode: Railways moved $6.0 billion of freight, down 61.9% compared to April 2019.
• Transborder freight value in April was down 41.2% from March.

Transborder Tables April 2020

Figure 1: North American Freight by Mode, April 2020

International Airline Cargo Tables April 2020

Air Cargo Down 21% Between the U.S. and Foreign Points, April 2020 (Preliminary)

U.S. and foreign airlines carried 21% less cargo by weight between the U.S. and foreign points in April 2020 than in April 2019, including a 44% decline in cargo between the U.S. and Europe, according to data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by large air carriers.

Airline On-Time/Tarmac Data, April 2020

International Air Cargo, April 2020 (Preliminary)

Passenger Airline Employment Tables April 2020

Employees at U.S. Scheduled Passenger Airlines Month of April, 1990-2020

April 2020 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 23 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 6.7% fewer full-time equivalents (FTEs) in mid-April 2020 than in mid-March 2020:

• Mid-April’s total number of FTEs (428,569) was down almost 31,000 workers from mid-March 2020 (459,250 FTEs) and was the lowest FTE total for any month since August 2017 (423,747 FTEs).
• Mid-April 2020 FTEs were down 4.0% or almost 18,000 FTEs from April 2019 (446,323 FTEs).  
• April was the first month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs were lower than the same month of the previous year since April 2013.