Rail Intermodal was Top Growing Mode since Recession

Rail intermodal grew the fastest since the end of the economic recession among the freight transportation modes included in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), according to Transportation Economic Trends 2018, a new BTS report.

Air Travel Consumer Report: September 2018 Numbers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its November 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on marketing and reporting air carrier data compiled for the month of September 2018.  The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of...

September 2018 North American Transborder Freight Numbers

Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in September 2018:

• Most-used mode: Truck moved $63.3 billion of freight, up 4.2 percent compared to September 2017
• Second mode: Rail moved $15.1 billion of freight, up 7.6 percent compared to September 2017

Figure 1: North American Freight by Mode: September 2018

September 2018 Transborder Numbers

September 2018 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.7 percent more workers in September 2018 than in September 2017:

• September’s 440,460 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the second highest monthly employment total since August 2004 (443,412 FTEs) exceeded only by July 2018 (443,475).
• September was the 59th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

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

September 2018 Employment Tables

Estimated October 2018 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 75.3 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers, seasonally-adjusted, in October 2018, up 0.1 percent from the September estimate, according to a Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate.

BTS’ October air traffic statistical estimate released today is based on U.S. airlines reported data through August. BTS will release a second forecast of U.S. airlines’ October air traffic on Dec. 13, followed by a release of the reported data on Jan. 12.

Figure 2. Unadjusted Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International), Oct 2015 - Oct 2018 (Sept-Oct2018 estimated)