Airline Financials 1Q 2019 Tables

Figure 2. Domestic U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly After Tax Net Profit,1Q 2019

Figure 1. Systemwide U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly After Tax Net Profit, 1Q 2019

First Quarter 2019 U.S. Airline Financial Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a first-quarter 2019 after-tax net profit of $2.4 billion, the 24th consecutive annual after tax profit, and a pre-tax operating profit of $3.3 billion, the 32nd consecutive quarterly pre-tax profit.

Air Traffic May 2019

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

"Figure 1. Monthly Passengers on U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic + International), Seasonally Adjusted May 2016 - May 2019 (April 2019-May 2019 estimated)

Estimated May 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 77.4 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in May 2019, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate, up 0.2% from the April second estimate

April 2019 TSI

April 2019 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 1.5% in April from March, rising for the second consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). From March 2018 to March 2019, the index rose 2.8% compared to 7.9% for the previous year (Table 4).