Economics, employment, and finance
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March Airline Industry Employment Virtually Unchanged from February
U.S. airlines employed 713,035 workers in March 2021, 221 fewer than in February 2021 (713,256) and 42,060 fewer than in March 2020 (755,095).
The March industry numbers consist of 598,378 full-time and 114,657 part-time workers.
United Airlines reported 2,767 fewer employees...
U.S. Airlines March 2021 Fuel Use Up 33% from February
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ March Fuel Cost and Consumption numbers. Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines scheduled service: March 2020 1.2 billion gallons February 2021 757 million gallons March 2021...Historic Week for Rail in America
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 2020 Net Profit Down $35 Billion from 2019
BTS 30-21
BTS Contact: Dave Smallen
david.smallen@dot.gov
North American Transborder Freight down 0.1% in February 2021 from February 2020
BTS 29-21
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
BTS Contact: Dave Smallen
Tel: 202-366-5568
david.smallen@dot.gov
Transborder freight between the U.S. and North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in February 2021: