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BTS’ National Transportation Statistics Updated

Friday, October 19, 2018- National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a web-only reference guide to national-level transportation data was updated today. NTS, updated quarterly, includes a wide range of national transportation information.

August 2018 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.6 percent more workers in August 2018 than in August 2017:

  • August’s 439,615 full-time equivalents (FTE), was the second highest monthly employment total since November 2004 (439,776 FTEs), down 0.9 percent from the highest monthly total in July 2018 (443,475).
  • August was the 58th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Second-Quarter 2018 Air Fare Data

The second quarter 2018 average domestic itinerary air fare of $349 was the lowest second-quarter fare since the Bureau of Transportation Statistics began collecting such records in 1995 and the second lowest of any quarter.