Figure 2. Percent Change in Value of U.S.-NAFTA Freight Flows by Mode: September 2016-2017

Figure 1. U.S.-NAFTA Freight Value Percent Change from Previous Year, September 2017

September 2017 Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.3 percent more workers in September 2017 than in September 2016, reaching 428,343 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. September was the 47th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year (Tables 1, 2, 3).

August 2017 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines’ August systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passenger enplanements fell 0.4 percent from July, falling to 71.3 million, seasonally-adjusted, after growing for seven consecutive months from December to July.

August 2017 Air Traffic Tables

Figure 2. Unadjusted Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International), January 2014 - August 2017

Figure 1. Seasonally-Adjusted Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International), January 2014 - August 2017

Table 24. International Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted, August 2017

Table 23. Domestic Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted, August 2017

Table 22. Systemwide Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted, August 2017