General
February 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data
The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.5% more workers in February 2019 than in February 2018:
- February’s 443,058 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest February employment total since February 2003 (460,852 FTEs).
- February was the 64th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.
Port Performance Freight Statistics Program Technical Documentation
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Port Performance Freight Statistics Program (PPFSP) provides nationally-consistent performance measures for the Nation’s largest ports by tonnage, container, and dry bulk, and to report annually to Congress on port capacity and throughput. This technical documentation for the PPFSP details the process used to identify the top 25 ports in dry bulk and containerized cargo and calculate their capacity and throughput.