February 2018, Transborder tables

Freight Change, February 2018

Figure 4: Top 3 Commodities by Rail, February 2018

Figure 3: Top 3 U.S. Ports by Rail, February 2018

Figure 2: Top 3 Commodities by Truck, February 2018

Figure 1: Top 3 U.S. Ports by Truck, February 2018

BTS’ National Transportation Statistics Updated

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today updated National Transportation Statistics(NTS) – a web-only reference guide to national-level transportation data. NTS, updated quarterly, includes a wide range of national transportation information. NTS consists of more than 260 tables of national data of which 56 were updated today.

February 2018 Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.0 percent more workers in February 2018 than in February 2017. February was the highest monthly full-time equivalent (FTE) employment total (432,232 FTEs) since December 2004 (436,909 FTEs) and was the 52nd consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

4th-Quarter 2017 Air Fare Data

The average domestic air fare rose to $347 in the fourth quarter of 2017, rising 3.0 percent from $337 in the third quarter of 2016, which was the lowest inflation-adjusted quarterly average fare in 23 years of air fare records, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.

4Q 2017 Air Fare tables