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The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 3.6% (not seasonally adjusted) in January 2025 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These data have been updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. In January 2025, the...
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 1,035,476 workers in November 2024, 14,163 (1.39%) more workers than in October 2024 (1,021,313).
U.S. scheduled-service passenger airlines employed 543,877 workers in November 2024, or 53% of the industry-wide...
Today, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released the change in the costs faced by producers purchasing transportation services and industries producing them, from December 2023 to December 2024, as measured by the Producer Price Index (PPI). The PPI measures inflation from the...
The average U.S. domestic air fare decreased in the third quarter of 2024 to $366, down 4.6% from the second quarter 2024 inflation-adjusted fare of $383.
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ November 2024 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.492 billion gallons of fuel, 5.4% less fuel than in October 2024 (1.577 billion gallons) and 3...
The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.3% (not seasonally adjusted) in December 2024 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These data have been updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. In December 2024, the...
3Q 2024 Results for All 25 Scheduled U.S. Passenger Airlines
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a third-quarter 2024 after-tax net gain of $2.1 billion and a pre-tax operating profit of $3.1 billion.
One year earlier, in the third quarter of 2023, the airlines reported an after-tax...
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 1,021,761 workers in October 2024, 9,949 (0.98%) more workers than in September 2024 (1,011,812).