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Increase in Transportation Consumer Price Index Accounts for Nearly 27% of Year-Over-Year Overall CPI Growth; Lowest Share of Inflation Since February 2021
Data spotlights represent data and statistics from a specific period of time, and do not reflect ongoing data collection. As individual spotlights are static stories, they are not subject to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) web standards and may not be updated after their...
U.S. Airlines' September 2022 Fuel Cost per Gallon Up 0.6% from August 2022; Aviation Fuel Consumption Down 5.4% from Pre-Pandemic September 2019
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ September fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.4 billion gallons of fuel, 6.7% less fuel than in August 2022 (1.50 billion gallons) and 5.4% less...Second Quarter 2022 Average Air Fare Increases 22% from Second Quarter 2021
The average U.S. domestic air fare increased in the second quarter of 2022 to $397, up 17.4% from the first quarter 2022 inflation-adjusted fare of $338. Adjusted for inflation (constant 2022 dollars), the average 2Q 2022 air fare was up 34.6% from $295 in the first full quarter (Q2) of the...U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Added 1,334 Jobs in August 2022; Employment Remains 3.6% Above Pre-Pandemic August 2019
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 769,106 workers in August 2022, 1,334 (0.17%) more workers than in July 2022 (767,772) and 26,780 (3.61%) more than in pre-pandemic August 2019 (742,326).U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment Rate of 4.3% in September 2022 Was Below the September 2021 Level of 5.7% But Was Above the Pre-Pandemic September Level of 3.3% in 2019
The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.3% (not seasonally adjusted) in September 2022 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data recently updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) ...