Employees at U.S. Scheduled Passenger Airlines Month of November, 1990-2019

November 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.9% more workers in November 2019 than in November 2018:

• November’s 452,668 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the highest employment total since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs).  
• November was the 73rd consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Air Traffic December 2019

Table B. Unadjusted Estimated and Reported Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods, December Estimate

Table A. Seasonally Adjusted Estimated and Reported Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods, December Estimate

Figure 2. Monthly Passengers on U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic + International), Seasonally Adjusted, Dec 2016 - Dec 2019 (Nov 2019-Dec 2019 estimated)

Figure 1. January-December Passengers on U.S. Airlines - 2003-2019

Preliminary Estimated Full Year 2019 and December 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

NOTE: The information below is estimated and has been superseded by actual data that can be found at www.bts.gov/newsroom/2019-traffic-data-us-airlines-and-foreign-airlines-us-flights. 

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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) estimates that U.S. airlines carried more passengers in 2019 than in any previous year. For the full year 2019, January through December, U.S. airlines carried 925.5 million passengers, the highest total based on comparable records since 2003. The annual number has reached a new high for five consecutive years. The 2019 estimated passenger total is up 4.1% from 2018, up 9.0% from 2017 and up 12.3% from 2016. Numbers are unadjusted with 2019 consisting of 10 months reported data and two months estimated.

Air Travel Consumer Report: November 2019 Numbers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its January 2020 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of November 2019.  The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.

Port Performance Freight Statistics Annual Report

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 – Port Performance Freight Statistics in 2018, Annual Report to Congress 2019, a congressionally-mandated report, is now available from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). This edition is the fourth annual report from the BTS Port Performance Freight Statistics Program established by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act of 2015.