BTS 2-Week Outlook: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Upcoming Releases Sept 28-Oct 9

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View it as a Web page.   BTS 2-Week Outlook Bureau of Transportation Statistics Upcoming Releases Sept 28-Oct 9 Upcoming from Sept 28 Wednesday, October 7, 2020 - 11:00am ET Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption, August 2020   Thursday, October 8, 2020 - 11:00am ET Airline Full-Time/Part-Time Employment, August 2020   Previously Released   September 14 - Airline Financial Data, 2nd Quarter 2020 September 15 - Passenger Airline Employment, July 2020 September 17 – International Air Cargo, July 2020 (Preliminary) September 18 - Airline On-Time/Cancellation Data, June 2020 September 23 - North American Freight Data, July 2020 September 24 - Rail Tank Car Safety Report, 2020         The Bureau of Transportation Statistics will release the following data sets in the next two weeks: Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption, August 2020 Wednesday, October 7, 2020 - 11:00am ET Previous release: U.S. airlines July 2020 fuel consumption was 37% higher than June 2020, 68% higher than May 2020 and 71% higher than April 2020. April was the lowest monthly fuel usage on record (447M gallons), dating back to 2000. July 2020 fuel consumption was down 54% from July 2019. Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines' scheduled services: July 2019                    1.7 billion gallons June 2020                      558 million gallons July 2020                      763 million gallons   Industry summary of airline fuel consumption, total fuel cost and price paid per gallon are available on the database. Individual airline numbers through June are available on the BTS website. Individual airline numbers for July and August will be available on Dec. 7. Previous release Database         Airline Full-Time/Part-Time Employment, August 2020 Thursday, October 8, 2020 - 11:00am ET Previous release: US airlines employed 706,824 workers in the middle of July 2020, 7,101 more than in mid-June 2020 and 46,461 fewer than in March 2020. The July 2020 numbers consist of 597,982 full-time and 108,842 part-time workers. Regulations require airlines to report employment numbers for a pay period near the 15th of the month. 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. Previous release Database             BTS Previously   BTS has released the following:   U.S. Airline Financial Data, Second Quarter 2020 Released September 14 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a second-quarter 2020 after-tax net loss of $11.0 billion and a pre-tax operating loss of $16.2 billion. These second-quarter losses are the second consecutive quarterly losses following 27 consecutive quarterly after-tax net profits and 35 consecutive quarterly pre-tax operating profits. Additional financial numbers for all airlines are available on the BTS financial databases. Release Airline Financial Databases       Passenger Airline Employment, July 2020 Released September 15 BTS reported that 23 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.1% more full-time equivalents (FTEs) in mid-July 2020 than in mid-June 2020. Mid-July's total number of FTEs (415,154) was up 4,600 FTEs from mid-June 2020 (410,557 FTEs) and down nearly 45,000 FTEs from mid-March 2020. July 2020 was the lowest FTE total for any July since 2016 (413,746 FTEs). It was the lowest FTE total for any month since May 2016 (410,338 FTEs). Mid-July 2020 FTEs were down more than 34,000 FTEs, down 7.7%, from mid-July 2019 (449,907 FTEs).  Release Database         U.S. International Air Cargo, July 2020 (Preliminary) Released September 17 U.S. and foreign airlines carried 0.4% more cargo by weight between the U.S. and foreign points in July 2020 than in July 2019, including a 19% rise in cargo between the U.S. and Asia. July's 0.4% increase followed year-over-year decreases in March (down 17%), April (down 16%), May (down 14%) and June (down 10%). Release Air Traffic Databases         Airline On-Time/Cancellation Data, June 2020 Released September 18 The 10 marketing network carriers reported 237,264 scheduled domestic flights in June 2020 compared to 192,412 flights in May 2020 and 694,469 flights in June 2019. Of those 237,264 scheduled flights, 0.43%, 1,030 flights, were canceled. As a result of schedule reductions and cancellations, the carriers reported operating 236,234 flights in June 2020, compared to the all-time monthly low of 180,151 flights in May 2020 and 194,390 flights in April 2020. The marketing carriers include branded code-share partners of mainline carriers. Release Air Travel Consumer Report                                  North American Freight Data, July 2020 Released September 23 Freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in July 2020: Total Transborder freight: $91.0 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 10.9% compared to June 2020 and up 62.2% from May 2020. Transborder freight value in July was down 11.2% compared to July 2019. Most-used mode: Trucks moved $60.7 billion of freight, up 7.5% compared to June 2020, down 4.9% compared to July 2019. Second most-used mode: Railways moved $12.9 billion of freight, up 14.7% compared to June 2020, down 13.0% compared to July 2019. Release TransBorder Freight Data                               2020 Rail Tank Car Safety Report Released September 24 Nearly half, 48%, of rail tank cars carrying Class 3 flammable liquids in 2019 met the new safety requirements, up from 33% in 2018, according to Fleet Composition of Rail Tank Cars Carrying Flammable Liquids: 2020 Report. The report, measuring industry-wide progress in manufacturing and modifying rail tank cars that transport flammable liquids, has been submitted to Congress. This report tracks the transformation of the fleet carrying class 3 flammable liquids to be a fleet of DOT-117s, which meet new safety requirements. Currently some class 3 flammable liquids are carried in rail tank cars, such as DOT-111s, which have fewer safety features. Release Tank Car Data Collection Program               See BTS Release Schedule     BTS Contact: Dave Smallen 202-366-5568 david.smallen@dot.gov   You are subscribed to DOT email updates. 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