National Transportation Statistics 5/7/19 Update, Passenger-Miles, Freight Flows, and other categories

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.

Airline Financials 4Q 2018 Tables

Figure 4. Systemwide U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly Net Income, 4Q 2018

Figure 3. International U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Annual Net Income

Figure 2. Domestic U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Annual Net Income

Figure 1. Systemwide U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Annual Net Income

2018 Annual and 4th Quarter U.S. Airline Financial Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a 2018 after-tax net profit of $11.8 billion, the sixth consecutive annual after tax profit, and a pre-tax operating profit of $17.6 billion, the 10th consecutive annual pre-tax profit.

February 2019 Transborder tables

Figure 1: North American Freight by Mode, February 2019

February 2019 North American Transborder Freight Numbers

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

• Total Transborder Freight: $94.2 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 0.2% compared to February 2018
• Most-used mode: Truck moved $60.2 billion of freight, up 1.3% compared to February 2018
• Second mode: Rail moved $13.0 billion of freight, down 4.2% compared to February 2018