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Estimated February 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
U.S. airlines carried an estimated 76.0 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers, seasonally-adjusted, in February 2019, up 0.6 percent from the January second estimate, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first February estimate.
December 2018 North American Transborder Freight Numbers
Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in December 2018:
- Most-used mode: Truck moved $57.4 billion of freight, up 1.0 percent compared to December 2017
- Second mode: Rail moved $14.2 billion of freight, up 4.1 percent compared to December 2017
BTS National Transportation Statistics Updated
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a web-only reference guide to national-level transportation data was updated today.
Updated tables:
December 2018 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data
The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.3 percent more workers in December 2018 than in December 2017:
- December’s 440,396 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the highest December employment total since December 2002 (462,602 FTEs).
- December was the 62nd consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.