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U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment decreased to 784,310 workers in December 2022, 27 (0.003%) fewer workers than in November 2022 (784,337) and 34,820 (4.65%) more than in pre-pandemic December 2019 (749,490).
The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.7% (not seasonally adjusted) in January 2023 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data recently updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. The January 2023 rate remained...
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ December fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.471 billion gallons of fuel, 5.3% more fuel than in November 2022 (1.398 billion gallons) and 5.2%...
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its monthly update to National Transportation Statistics (NTS), a guide to historical national-level transportation trends.
The average U.S. domestic air fare decreased in the third quarter of 2022 to $384, down 4.7% from the second quarter 2022 inflation-adjusted fare of $402. Adjusted for inflation (constant 2022 dollars), the average 3Q 2022 air fare was up 37.4% from $279 in the second full quarter (Q3) of the...
2023 Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress, a congressionally-mandated report on capacity and throughput at the top U.S. maritime ports, is now available from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). As part of its Port Performance Freight Statistics Program,...
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 784,337 workers in November 2022, 1,036 (0.13%) more workers than in October 2022 (783,301) and 36,194 (4.84%) more than in pre-pandemic November 2019 (748,143).