Bureau of Transportation Statistics Upcoming Releases

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.   BTS 2-Week Outlook   Bureau of Transportation Statistics Upcoming Releases May 29 through June 7 Upcoming from May 29 Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - 11:30am ET Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption, April 2019   Thursday, June 6, 2019 - 11:00am ET Airline Full-Time/Part-Time Employment, April 2019   Date TBD Airline On-Time/Tarmac/Mishandled Baggage/Denied Boardings Data, March 2019     Previously Released May 15 – U.S. Passenger Airline Employment, March 2019 May 16 – Airline Traffic Data, April 2019 Estimated, February 2019 Reported May 29 – North American Freight Data, March 2019       The Bureau of Transportation Statistics will release the following data sets in the next two weeks:   Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption, April 2019 Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - 11:00am ET U.S. airlines March fuel cost was $2.02 per gallon, up 4 cents from February ($1.98) and up 6 cents from March 2018 ($2.06). Industry summary of airline fuel consumption, total fuel cost and price paid per gallon are available on the database. Individual airline numbers will be available on the BTS website.   Airline Full-Time/Part-Time Employment, March 2019 Thursday, June 6, 2019 - 11:00am ET U.S. airlines March employment (733,824 total full-time and part-time)) was up 0.3% from February and up 3.7% from March 2018 (passenger+cargo). Monthly full-time and part-time employment statistics are reported by U.S. airlines that operate at least one aircraft that has more than 60 seats or the capacity to carry a payload of passengers, cargo and fuel weighing more than 18,000 pounds. Database   Air Travel Consumer Report: March 2019 Numbers Date TBD This release consists on U.S. airline domestic monthly on-time performance, cancellations, tarmac data, mishandled baggage and denied boardings released in coordination with the Department of Transportation's release of the May Air Travel Consumer Report. From the previous month's release, in February 2019 reporting marketing carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 73.8%, down from both the 78.4% on-time rate in January 2019 and from 78.9% in February 2018. The marketing carriers include branded code-share partners of mainline carriers.  Previous release  Air Travel Consumer Report              BTS Previously   BTS has released the following:   Passenger Airline Employment, March 2019 May 15 BTS reported that U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.5% more workers in March 2019 than in March 2018: March's 444,967 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) was the highest March employment total since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs) March was the 65th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year. Release                       Database       Airline Traffic Data, April 2019 estimate, February 2019 reported May 16 U.S. airlines carried an estimated 75.3 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in April 2019, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) first estimate, up 0.3% from the March second estimate. The BTS estimate of the April enplanement total of 75.3 million was down 0.6% from the all-time, seasonally-adjusted, reported high of 75.8 million reached in July 2018. BTS estimated 65.8 million domestic passengers and 9.5 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in April. The air traffic estimate released is a statistical estimate based on U.S. airlines reported data through February.  Release Data                     North American Freight Data, March 2019 May 29 BTS reported that truck was the most used mode for shipping freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in March 2019: Total Transborder Freight: $107.2 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 1.4% compared to March 2018 Most-used mode: Truck moved $67.4 billion of freight, up 1.3% compared to March 2018 Second mode: Rail moved $16.2 billion of freight, up 0.6% compared to March 2018 Release TransBorder Freight Data             See BTS Release Schedule     BTS Contact: Dave Smallen 202-366-5568 david.smallen@dot.gov   You are subscribed to DOT email updates. Subscriber Services: Manage Preferences Questions for BTS? Contact BTS  STAY CONNECTED             U.S. Department of Transportation | 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE | Washington DC 20590 | 202-385-HELP (4357)