U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Add 4,752 Jobs in April 2022 for New COVID-19 Pandemic High; Employment Remains 2.2% Above Pre-Pandemic April 2019

U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment Rate of 4.5% In May 2022 Is Below the May 2021 Level of 7.9% But Just Above the Pre-Pandemic May Level of 4.3% in 2019

U.S. Airlines’ April 2022 Fuel Consumption Down 9.5% from Pre-Pandemic 2019; Aviation Fuel Cost per Gallon Hits Record High

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released airline Fuel Cost and Consumption information for April 2022.  U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.35 billion gallons of fuel, 2.3% less fuel than in March 2022 (1.38B gallons) and 9.5% less than in April 2019. The monthly cost per gallon was $3.59, up 55 cents (18.0%) from March 2022 ($3.04) and up $1.53 (74.3%) from April 2019. April 2022 airline fuel expenditure ($4.82B) increased 15.3% from March 2022 ($4.18B) and was up 57.8% from April 2019.

Transportation Services Contributed 5.4% to U.S. GDP in 2020; a Decline from 5.9% in 2019

Passenger Airline Employment Tables March 2022

U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment Rate Decreases to 3.6% in April 2022; Just Below the Pre-Pandemic April Level of 3.7% in 2019

U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Add 6,546 Jobs in March 2022 for New COVID-19 Pandemic High

U.S. Airlines’ March 2022 Fuel Consumption Down 10% from Pre-Pandemic 2019; Aviation Fuel Cost per Gallon Hits 8-year High

Airline Financials 4Q 2021 Tables

2021 Annual and 4th Quarter U.S. Airline Financial Data