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2018 Annual and 4th Quarter U.S. Airline Financial Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a 2018 after-tax net profit of $11.8 billion, the sixth consecutive annual after tax profit, and a pre-tax operating profit of $17.6 billion, the 10th consecutive annual pre-tax profit.

February 2019 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, fell 0.5 percent in February from January, falling after a one month increase. For the 12 months ending in February 2019, the index rose 3.2 percent compared to 6.7 percent for the previous 12-month period (Table 4).

Weight of U.S. Exports to and Imports from Canada and Mexico by Transportation Mode

KEY: R = revised.

 

a Other includes "flyaway aircraft" or aircraft moving under their own power (i.e., aircraft moving from the manufacturer to a customer and not carrying any freight), powerhouse (electricity), vessels moving under their own power, pedestrians carrying freight, mode unknown, mail, imports into Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs), and miscellaneous. Although FTZs are treated as a mode of transportation in the Transborder Freight Data, the actual mode for a specific shipment into or out of an FTZ is unknown because U.S....

2018 North American Transborder Freight Numbers

Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in 2018:

  • Most-used mode: Truck moved $772 billion of freight, up 7.1 percent compared to 2017
  • Second mode: Rail moved $179 billion of freight, up 2.7 percent compared to December 2017