What the Transportation Services Index, Dow Transportation Index, Cass Freight Index Tell Us (PDF)

National Transportation Statistics 7/25/19 Update, U.S. Gross Domestic Product Attributed to For-Hire Transportation Services and other categories

Thursday, July 25, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.

Employees at U.S. Scheduled Passenger Airlines Month of May, 1990-2019

May 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.2% more workers in May 2019 than in May 2018:

• May’s 447,985 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest total for any month since April 2003 (449,288 FTEs).  
• May was the 67th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

First Quarter 2019 Air Fare Data

First quarter 2019 average domestic itinerary air fare: $353.

Adjusted for inflation, (constant 2019 dollars) the 1Q 2019 air fare was:

• Up 0.3% from 1Q 2018 ($352)
• Down 2.0% from 4Q 2018 ($361)
• Down 15.5% from 1Q 2015 ($418)

Figure 2. Fares by Airport Group based on Number of Originating Domestic Passengers 1Q 2019

Figure 1. Figure 1. U.S. Average Domestic Fares, 1st Quarter 1995-2019

April 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.3% more workers in April 2019 than in April 2018:

• April’s 446,323 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest employment total for any month since April 2003 (449,288 FTEs).  
• April was the 66th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Employees at U.S. Scheduled Passenger Airlines Month of April, 1990-2019

Figure 3. International U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly After Tax Net Profit, 1Q 2019