February 2020 U.S. Airline Cargo Data (Preliminary)

U.S. airlines carried 0.4% less cargo by weight in February 2020 than in February 2019, according to preliminary data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 15 of the leading cargo airlines.

The 15 airlines carry more than 95% of the total cargo by weight on U.S. airlines. Cargo data consists of freight and mail carried within the U.S. and between the U.S. and foreign points.

Air Cargo between the U.S. and World Regions, February 2020 (Preliminary)

4Q 2019 Air Fare tables

Figure 1. U.S. Average Domestic Annual Fares, 1995-2019

Figure 2. Fares by Airport Group based on Number of Originating Domestic Passengers 4Q 2019

Annual and Fourth-Quarter 2019 Air Fare Data

The 2019 average domestic itinerary air fare of $355 was the lowest inflation-adjusted annual fare since the Bureau of Transportation Statistics began collecting such records in 1995, down 0.3% from the previous low of $356 in 2018.

During the year, fares dropped in the third quarter to $346, inflation-adjusted, the lowest quarterly fare on record. In the fourth quarter, fares rose to $357, up 2.1% from the $349 fare in the fourth quarter of 2018.

February 2020 Tranborder Tables

February 2020 North American Transborder Freight Numbers

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

• Total Transborder freight: $95.9 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 1.9% compared to February 2019.
• Most-used mode: Trucks moved $60.8 billion of freight, up 0.9% compared to February 2019
• Second most-used mode: Railways moved $14.4 billion of freight, up 10.3% compared to February 2019
• TransBorder freight in February declined 1.2% from January, which is a smaller decline than the 1.5% decline a year earlier between January 2019 and February 2019.

Figure 1: North American Freight by Mode, February 2020

U.S. Airlines Preliminary Cargo Data, February 2020