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

Estimated November 2018 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines’ carried an estimated 74.1 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers, seasonally-adjusted, in November 2018, virtually unchanged from the October estimate, according to a Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate.

Figure 2. Unadjusted Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International), Nov 2015 - Nov 2018 (Oct-Nov2018 estimated)

Figure 1. Seasonally-Adjusted Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International), Nov 2015 - Nov 2018 (Oct-Nov 2018 estimated)

Air traffic Sept 2018

October 2018 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 2.0 percent in October from September, rising for the second consecutive month to reach a new all-time high, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). The October 2018 index level (138.8) was 46.4 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession.

Table 9: Combined Transportation Services Index from Year-to-Year, Oct 2018

Table 8: Combined Transportation Services Index Monthly Changes, 2015-2018, Oct 2018

Table 7: Passenger Transportation Services Index from Year-to-Year, Oct 2018

Table 6: Passenger Transportation Services Index Monthly Changes, 2015-2018, Oct 2018