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Washington, DC – April
2020 / Newsmaker Alert / U.S.
airlines carried 6.7% more scheduled service passengers in February 2020
than in February 2019, according
to preliminary data filed with the Bureau
of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by the 25 airlines that carry the
most passengers.
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25 airlines carry 99% of the total passengers traveling on U.S. airlines.
February
2020 passenger numbers for 25 carriers with the most passengers:
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Total:
67.6 million passengers in February 2020, up 6.7% from February 2019 (63.3M)
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Domestic:
59.6 million passengers in February 2020, up 7.5% from February 2019 (55.5M)
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International:
7.91 million passengers in February 2020, up 1.0% from February 2019 (7.84M)
U.S. airline
traffic reports are filed monthly with BTS. Final February data will be
released on May 14. Complete international data by origin and destination
will be released on Aug. 13.
President
Trump issued an order on Jan. 31 restricting travel to the U.S. from China.
He issued an additional order on March 11 restricting travel to the U.S.
from certain European countries.
Systemwide
Passengers
February
2020 would be the 29th consecutive month of increases in U.S. airlines
passengers from the same month of the previous year dating back to October
2017. During those 29 months, only the 8.8% increase from December 2018
to December 2019 was a larger year-to-year increase than the 6.7% rise
from February 2019 to February 2020.
Domestic
Passengers
February
2020 would be the 29th consecutive month of increases in U.S. airlines
domestic passengers from the same month of the previous year dating back
to October 2017. During those 29 months, only the 9.5% increase from December
2018 to December 2019 was a larger year-to-year domestic passenger increase
than the 7.5% rise from February 2019 to February 2020.
International
Passengers
February
2020 would be the 22nd consecutive month of increases in U.S. airlines
international passengers from the same month of the previous year dating
back to May 2018. The 1.0% increase in passengers from February 2019 would
be the smallest year-to-year increase during those 22 months.
Reporting
Notes
Data
are compiled from monthly reports filed with BTS by commercial U.S. air
carriers detailing operations, passenger traffic and freight traffic. This
release includes data received by BTS from 25 U.S. airlines as of April
7.
See
the BTS Airlines
and Airports page for additional U.S. airlines numbers through December
for U.S. airlines. International data by origin and destination is available
through September.
BTS
has scheduled April 16 for the release of reported data through January.
None
of the data are from samples. Measures of statistical significance do not
apply to the complete air traffic data.
Source
Media
Contact:
Dave
Smallen
BTS
Public Affairs
202-366-5568 |
