Airline On-Time/Tarmac Data, December 2018

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.

Airline Employment December tables 2018

Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-Time Equivalent Employees, Month of December, 1990-2018

Figure 2. Fares by Airport Group based on Number of Originating Domestic Passengers 3Q 2018

Figure 1. U.S. Average Domestic Fares, 3rd Quarter 1995-2018

Estimated January 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines’ carried an estimated 75.2 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers, seasonally-adjusted, in January 2019, up 0.1 percent from the December estimate, according to a Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate.

Air Traffic Jan 2019

Figure 2. Unadjusted Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International), Jan 2016 - Jan 2019 (Dec 2018-Jan 2019 estimated)