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April 2019 North American Transborder Freight Numbers

Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in April 2019:

  • Total Transborder Freight: $104.5 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 1.8% compared to April 2018
  • Most-used mode: Truck moved $65.1 billion of freight, down 1.0% compared to April 2018
  • Second mode: Rail moved $15.6 billion of freight, up 6.3% compared to April 2018

April 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.3% more workers in April 2019 than in April 2018:

  • April’s 446,323 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest employment total for any month since April 2003 (449,288 FTEs).  
  • April was the 66th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.