Economics, employment, and finance

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U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Added 2,867 Jobs in April 2023; Employment Remains 8.4% Above Pre-Pandemic April 2019

U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 796,846 workers in April 2023, 2,867 (0.36%) more workers than in March 2023 (793,979) and 61,859 (8.42%) more than in pre-pandemic April 2019 (734,987).

U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment Rate of 3.6% in May 2023 Was Below the May 2022 Level of 4.5% And Was Below the Pre-Pandemic May Level of 4.3% in 2019

The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 3.6% (not seasonally adjusted) in May 2023 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data recently updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. The May 2023 rate fell 0.9 percentage...

U.S. Airlines’ April 2023 Fuel Consumption Back to Pre-pandemic Levels; Fuel Cost per Gallon up 29.3% from Pre-pandemic level, Down Substantially from the June 2022 Recent-high of $4.04

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ April 2023 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.484 billion gallons of fuel, 3.9% less fuel than in March 2023 (1.545 billion gallons) and 0.1%...