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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

3rd Quarter 2014 Airline Financial Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a net profit of $3.1 billion in the third quarter of 2014, down from $3.6 billion in the second quarter and virtually unchanged from $3.1 billion in the third quarter of 2013, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today (Table 1). U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines

October 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.3 percent in October from September, rising for the fourth consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS).

September 2014 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

The U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines carried 59.9 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in September 2014, 3.0 percent more than in September 2013. The systemwide total was the result of a 3.4 percent increase in the number of passengers on domestic flights

September 2014 North American Freight Numbers

U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $102.2 billion in September 2014 as all five major transportation modes – air, vessel, pipeline, rail, and trucks – carried more U.S.-NAFTA freight than in September 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).

September 2014 Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 384,439 workers in September 2014, 1.1 percent more than in September 2013, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.September was the 10th consecutive month that full-time equivalent (FTE) employment for U.S. scheduled passenger airlines was higher

August 2014 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

The U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines carried 69.3 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in August 2014, 2.4 percent more than in August 2013. The systemwide total was the result of a 2.5 percent increase in the number of passengers on domestic flights (59.6