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March 2014 Passenger Airline Employment Data

Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-Time Equivalent Employees, Month of March, 1990-2014 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 383,610 workers in March 2014, 0.8 percent more than in March 2013, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.March was the fourth consecutive month that

February 2014 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

The U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines carried 52.4 million systemwide (domestic + international) scheduled service passengers in February 2014, 0.1 percent fewer than in February 2013. The systemwide total was the result of a 0.5 percent decrease in the number of domestic passengers (45.5 million)

March 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 1.6 percent in March from February, rising for the second consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) released today.

Freight Shipments Rose 1.2% in February from January

The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 1.2 percent in February from January, rising after two consecutive monthly declines, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) released today.

Severe weather impacted January 2014 U.S.-Canada freight flows

Severe weather in January impacted freight transportation, contributing to a decline in U.S.-Canada trade for the month.  Freight moving across the northern border in January 2014 was down 3.4 percent from January 2013, the first decline from the same month of the previous year since June 2013 and the largest year-to-year decline since November 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

January 2014 Passenger Airline Employment Up 0.5 Percent from January 2013

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 381,819 workers in January 2014, 0.5 percent more than in January 2013, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. January was the second consecutive month that full-time equivalent (FTE) employment for U.S. scheduled passenger carriers was higher than the same month of the previous year after 15 months of declines (Tables 1, 2, 3).