Economics, employment, and finance
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U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Add 20,049 Jobs in December 2021, Reaching COVID-19 Pandemic High; Employment Remains 2.9% Below Pre-Pandemic December 2019
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 728,150 workers in December 2021, 20,049 (2.83%) more workers than in November 2021 (708,101) and 21,340 (2.85%) fewer than in pre-pandemic December 2019 (749,490). The December 2021 figure is the highest industry...U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment Rate Increases to 4.7% in January 2022; Remains Above Pre-Pandemic Level of 3.4% in January 2020
The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.7% (not seasonally adjusted) in January 2022 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data recently updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. The January 2022 rate fell 4.3...U.S. Airlines’ 2021 Total Fuel Use Decreases 25% from Pre-Pandemic 2019; December 2021 Fuel Use Down 13% from December 2019
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ December Fuel Cost and Consumption numbers indicating U.S. airlines used 1.35 billion gallons of fuel, 7.5% more fuel than in November 2021 and 13.2% less than in pre-pandemic December 2019....U.S. Ports Work Through Daunting Challenges to Deliver the Goods
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...
Third Quarter 2021 Average Air Fare Increases from Second Quarter, Still Down from Pre-Pandemic 2019
BTS 04-22
The average U.S. domestic air fare increased in the third quarter of 2021 to $314, up 3.2% from the inflation-adjusted fare of $305 in the second quarter and up 4.7% from the unadjusted second-quarter fare of $300. Adjusted for inflation (constant 2021 dollars), the average 3Q 2021 air fare was up 22.0% from $258 in the same quarter of 2020 and down 14.7% from pre-pandemic Q3 2019 ($368).