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The average U.S. domestic air fare decreased in the third quarter of 2023 to $368, down 6.9% from the second quarter 2023 inflation-adjusted fare of $395. Passenger demand decreased in the third quarter to 86.6 million passengers, down from 88.8 million passengers in the second quarter.
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ November 2023 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.504 billion gallons of fuel, 5.4% less fuel than in October 2023 (1.589 billion gallons) and 4...
The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.3% (not seasonally adjusted) in December 2023 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 2023, the...
U.S. airline financial reports are filed quarterly with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for additional third-quarter (Tables 1-6) financial results.
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 812,381 workers in October 2023, 4,516 (0.56%) more workers than in September 2023 (807,865) and 65,835 (8.82%) more than in pre-pandemic October 2019 (746,546).
The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.5% (not seasonally adjusted) in November 2023 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These data have been updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. In November 2023, the...
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 807,865 workers in September 2023, 2,939 (0.37%) more workers than in August 2023 (804,926) and 64,765 (8.72%) more than in pre-pandemic September 2019 (743,100).