Fewer Americans traveled by air in 2021 than in any year in Gallup records between 2003 and 2015, largely because of reduced travel by employed adults. At the same time, those who did fly continued to make multiple airplane trips within the year, albeit a bit fewer than in prior years.
The average domestic air fare decreased to $372 in the third quarter of 2015, down 6.2 percent from $396 in the third quarter of 2014, falling to the lowest level since 2010, adjusted for inflation, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported yesterday.
1st Quarter 2015 U.S. Air Fare Data
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines and foreign airlines serving the United States carried an all-time high of 848.1 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in 2014, 2.5 percent more than in 2013 and 1.2 percent more than the previous record-high of 838.4 million reached in 2007.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines’ systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service load factor – a measure of the use of airline capacity – rose to 83.0 percent, seasonally adjusted, in December from November, increasing after a one month decline (Table 1). Seasonal adjustment allows the comparing of monthly load factors to all other months.
The average domestic air fare of $396 in the third quarter of 2014 was virtually the same as the average fare in the third quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported yesterday that U.S. airlines carried 69.3 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in August 2014, 2.4 percent more than in August 2013.
The average domestic air fare increased to $396 in the second quarter of 2014, up 2.5 percent from the average fare of $386 in the second quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.
Ticket transactions through September 2014 increased 2.65 percent over the same period in 2013 to 114 million. Year-to-date passenger segments increased 2.76 percent to 285.6 million, compared to 277.4 million in 2013.
ARC reported that the consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies rose 4.68 percent year-over-year in the first eight months of 2014 compared to the same period last year, totaling $63.1 billion versus $60.3 billion in 2013.