Airline On-Time/Tarmac Data, May 2018

May 2018 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.0 percent more workers in May 2018 than in May 2017:

• May’s 438,215 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest monthly employment total since November 2004 (439,776 FTEs).
• May was the 55th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-Time Equivalent Employees, Month of May, 1990-2018

1st-Quarter 2018 Air Fare Data

Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2018

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First quarter 2018 average domestic itinerary air fare: $346

• Down 3.7 percent from 1Q 2017 ($360)
• Down 1.1 percent from 4Q 2017 ($350)

Averages adjusted for inflation.

1Q 2018 Air Fare Data Tables

Figure 2. Fares by Airport Group based on Number of Originating Domestic Passengers 1Q 2018

Figure 1. U.S. Average Domestic Fares, 1st Quarter 1995-2018

April 2018 North American Freight Numbers

Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 

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Freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in April 2018:

• Most-used mode: Truck moved $65.7 billion of freight, up 15.3 percent compared to April 2017 
• Second mode: Rail moved $14.7 billion of freight, down 1.5 percent compared to April 2017 

April 2018 Transborder Data

Figure 1: North American Freight by Mode: April 2018