BTS tables, data

BTS 46-11

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Contact: Dave Smallen

Tel: 202-366-5568



BTS Releases June 2011 Airline Traffic Data;
System Traffic Up 1.6 Percent from June 2010


The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported in a release of preliminary data that U.S. airlines carried 66.1 million scheduled domestic and international passengers in June 2011. This is a 1.6 percent increase from June 2010 (Table 1). The June 2011 passenger total was also 3.9 percent above that of two years ago in June 2009 but remained 2.8 percent below the level of June 2008 (Table 2).



BTS, a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, also reported that U.S. airlines carried 1.6 percent more domestic passengers in June 2011 than in June 2010. The number of international passengers on U.S. carriers in June 2011 increased 1.7 percent over June 2010 (Tables 7, 13).



U.S. airlines carried 357.8 million total system passengers during the first six months of 2011, up 2.3 percent from the same period in 2010 and the highest January-June total since 2008 (Table 2). Domestically, they carried 312.0 million passengers, up 2.2 percent from 2010 and the highest the highest January-June total since 2008 (Table 8). Internationally, they carried 45.7 million passengers, up 3.5 percent from 2010 and the highest January-June total since 2008 (Table 14). See Tables 2, 8 and 14 of Air Traffic Press Releases for previous year numbers.



Additional traffic numbers can be found on the BTS website in the Airline Industry box. Click on a link in the column on the right.



Load Factor

Systemwide, domestic and international load factors declined in June 2011 from June 2010 as airlines added capacity. Year-to-year, systemwide capacity was up 2.8 percent, domestic was up 2.7 percent and international was up 3.0 percent, measured by available seat-miles (Tables 1, 7, 13). The declines in June followed record system and domestic load factors in May.



Top Airlines in June

In June, Delta Air Lines carried more total system and international passengers than any other U.S. airline (Tables 4, 16) and Southwest Airlines carried the most domestic passengers (Table 10).

During the first six months of 2011, Delta carried more total system and Southwest carried more domestic passengers than any other U.S. airline (Tables 3, 9). American carried the most international passengers (Table 15).



Top Airports in June

In June, more total system and domestic passengers boarded planes at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International than at any other U.S. airport (Tables 6 and 12); and more international passengers boarded U.S. carriers at New York JFK International than at any other U.S. airport (Table 18).



During the first six months of 2011, more total system and domestic passengers boarded planes at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson than at any other U.S. airport (Tables 5 and 11); and more international passengers boarded U.S. carriers at Miami than at any other U.S. airport (Table 17).



For other comparisons from the first six months of 2010 to the first six months of 2011 and from June 2010 to June 2011, see the following tables:



System (Domestic + International) (Tables 1-6)



Table 1 (June and January through June):

Passengers

Flights

Revenue passenger-miles (RPMs)

Available seat-miles (ASMs)

Passenger load factor

Flight stage length

Passenger trip length



Table 2

System scheduled enplanements on U.S. airlines by month since January 2009



Airline Rankings

Table 3

January through June: Top 10 airlines by scheduled passenger enplanements



Table 4

June: Top 10 airlines by scheduled passenger enplanements


Airport Rankings

Table 5

January through June: Top 10 airports by scheduled passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines



Table 6

June: Top 10 airports by scheduled passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines



Scheduled Domestic Air Travel (Tables 7-12)



Table 7 (June and January through June):

Domestic passengers

Domestic flights

Domestic revenue passenger-miles (RPMs)

Domestic available seat-miles (ASMs)

Domestic passenger load factor

Domestic flight stage length

Domestic passenger trip length



Table 8

Domestic scheduled enplanements on U.S. airlines by month since January 2009



Airline Rankings

Table 9

January through June: Top 10 domestic airlines by scheduled passenger enplanements



Table 10

June: Top 10 domestic airlines by scheduled passenger enplanements



Airport Rankings

Table 11

January through June: Top 10 domestic airports by scheduled passenger enplanements



Table 12

June: Top 10 domestic airports by scheduled passenger enplanements



Scheduled International Air Travel on U.S. Airlines (Tables 13-18)



Table 13 (June and January through June):

International passengers

International flights

International revenue passenger-miles on U.S. airlines (RPMs)

International available seat-miles on U.S. airlines (ASMs)

International passenger load factor on U.S. airlines

International flight stage length on U.S. airlines

International passenger trip length on U.S. airlines



Table 14

International scheduled enplanements on U.S. airlines by month since January 2009



Airline Rankings

Table 15

January through June: Top 10 U.S. airlines by scheduled international passenger enplanements



Table 16

June: Top 10 U.S. airlines by scheduled international passenger enplanements



Airport Rankings

Table 17

January through June: Top 10 airports by scheduled international passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines



Table 18

June: Top 10 airports by scheduled international passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines



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 81 carriers as of Sept. 7 for U.S. carrier scheduled civilian operations. Go to http://www.transtats.bts.gov/releaseinfo.asp for the complete list of reporting and non-reporting carriers. U.S. carriers’ foreign point-to-point flights are included in system and international totals. To create a customized table for passengers, flights, RPMs, ASMs and other data, including non-scheduled service, go to
DATA.



Traffic numbers are available on the BTS website at TranStats, the Intermodal Transportation Database, at http://transtats.bts.gov. Click on “Aviation.” For system passengers, RPMs and ASMs by carrier through June, click on “Air Carrier Summary Data (Form 41 and 298C Summary Data),” and then click on “Schedule T-1.” Use crosstabs to find scheduled service.



For domestic numbers through June and international numbers through March by origin as well as by carrier, after clicking on “Aviation,” click on “Air Carrier Statistics (Form 41 Traffic).” Click on “T-100 Market” for system passenger numbers, “T-100 Domestic Market” for domestic or “T-100 International Market” for international. For flights, stage length and trip length, use the appropriate T-100 Segment database. Use crosstabs to find scheduled service.



TranStats system and international totals do not include U.S. carriers’ foreign point-to-point flights. For June, U.S. carriers reported 208,055 foreign point-to-point passengers. For January through June, U.S. carriers reported 1,224,404 foreign point-to-point passengers.

Graphs.



Data are subject to revision. BTS has scheduled Oct. 14 for the release of June traffic data.