Air Travel Consumer Report: May 2018 Numbers

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its May 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on air carrier data compiled for the month of May 2018.  The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.

May 2018 North American Freight Numbers

Freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in May 2018:

• Most-used mode: Truck moved $67.9 billion of freight, up 8.9 percent compared to May 2017
• Second mode: Rail moved $15.3 billion of freight, up 0.7 percent compared to May 2017

   

Figure 1: North American Freight by Mode, May 2018

May 2018 Transborder Table

Airline On-Time/Tarmac Data, May 2018

BTS’ National Transportation Statistics Updated

Monday, July 23, 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.

National Transportation Atlas Database Summer 2018 Update

Friday, July 20, 2018 - The Summer 2018 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) was released today with 13 revised datasets.

May 2018 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.0 percent more workers in May 2018 than in May 2017:

• May’s 438,215 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest monthly employment total since November 2004 (439,776 FTEs).
• May was the 55th 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 May, 1990-2018

May 2018 Airline Employment Tables