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3rd-Quarter 2014 Air Fare Data


The average domestic air fare of $396 in the third quarter of 2014 was virtually the same as the average fare in the third quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. During the July to September 2014 period, passengers originating in Cincinnati, Ohio, paid the

November 2014 North American Freight Numbers

U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $96.3 billion in November 2014 as two transportation modes – truck and pipeline – carried more U.S.-NAFTA freight than in November 2013, according to the TransBorder Freight Data released today by theU.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) (Figure 1, Table 1).

November 2014 Passenger Airline Employment Data


U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 386,912 workers in November 2014, 1.5 percent more than in November 2013, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.November was the 12th consecutive month that full-time equivalent (FTE) employment for U.S. scheduled passenger airlines was higher thanthesame

October 2014 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

The U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service load factor a measure of the use of airline capacity rose to 83.4 percent in October, seasonally adjusted, after having remained virtually unchanged at 83.3 percent for

November 2014 Flight Cancellations Slightly Down From Previous Year, Month

WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines canceled 0.9 percent of their scheduled domestic flights in November, an improvement over both the 1.0 percent cancellation rate posted in November 2013 and the 1.1 percent rate in October 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today.

November 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

Five Years: Freight Transportation Services Index, November 2009 - November 2014 Source for Recession Dates: National Bureau of Economic Research, US Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.8 percent in

October 2014 North American Freight Numbers

U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $108.2 billion in October 2014 as three transportation modes – air, rail, and trucks – carried more U.S.-NAFTA freight than in October 2013, according to the TransBorder Freight Data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) (Figure 1, Table 1).

October 2014 Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 384,700 workers in October 2014, 0.9 percent more than in October 2013, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.October was the 11th consecutive month that full-time equivalent (FTE) employment for U.S. scheduled passenger airlines was higher thanthesame