Source: DOT BTS The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its Airline Service Quality Performance data compiled for the month of June 2025 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, mishandled wheelchairs, and scooters. For additional information and interactive charts on transportation's role in aviation, please visit BTS' Aviation Facts and Figures. BTS regularly updates TranStats, with both Marketing Carrier On-Time Performance (Beginning January 2018) and the Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987-present). To receive updates from BTS directly to your email, please consider subscribing to our GovDelivery service.

Source: DOT BTS The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released the change in the costs faced by producers purchasing transportation services and industries producing them, from August 2024 to August 2025, as measured by the Producer Price Index (PPI). The PPI measures inflation from the perspective of costs to industry or producers of products. Transportation equipment PPI indicate the changes in transportation equipment prices faced by transportation providers, and any increase, increases providers costs. The PPI shows that prices increased for freight transportation and equipment 1.9% in August 2025 from August 2024. Increases in transportation services PPI indicate increases in production costs faced by industries purchasing the services. From August 2024 to August 2025, the transportation services PPI changed, by mode: Air: +3.8% [...]

Source: US DOT The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), rose 0.8% in July from June, rising after two months of decline, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). From July 2024 to July 2025 the index fell 0.1%. The freight TSI measures the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry. The Passenger TSI rose 0.3% in July from June, rising after a one-month decline. From July 2024 to July 2025 the index rose 2.4%. The passenger TSI measures passenger transportation volumes on local transit, intercity rail, and air transportation. The Combined Freight and Passenger Index rose by 0.6% in July from June and rose by 0.8% from July 2024 to July 2025. Analysis: The [...]

Source: US DOT Note: In June 2024, FedEx Ground and FedEx Services merged with FedEx Express to form Federal Express Corporation. Consequently, carrier FX experienced a significant increase in employee count, thereby increasing the total number of employees within the industry. May 2024 Federal Express numbers are 233,739, while Federal Express Corporation June 2024 numbers are 432,127. U.S. Airlines: Total Number of Employees (both Full-Time and Part-Time) U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 1,022,215 workers in July 2025, 722 (0.07%) more workers than in June 2025 (1,021,493). U.S. scheduled-service passenger airlines employed 551,243 workers in July 2025, or 54% of the industry-wide total. Passenger airlines lost 44 employees in July 2025. United Air Lines led scheduled [...]

Source: ACI-LAC The ACI-LAC Annual Conference 2025, to be held in Trinidad and Tobago, will explore new aviation development models across the region. Airports Council International for Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) will host its Annual Assembly, Conference, and Exhibition from October 6–7, the region’s most important airport industry event. Sponsored by the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, the gathering will bring together leading authorities, Latin American executives, and aviation experts to discuss key developments in the airport sector. Under the theme “Airports Define Connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean,” speakers will share insights on airport concession models, airport certification, climate challenges, air cargo, ground handling services, and the state of air connectivity in the region and [...]

Source: US DOT Bureau of Statistics All fuel consumption data is in regard to fuel paid for by the carrier. The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ July 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.760 billion gallons of fuel, 4.3% more fuel than in June 2025 (1.688 billion gallons) and 1.6% more fuel than July 2024 (1,734 billion gallons). The cost per gallon of fuel in July 2025 ($2.34) was up 12 cents (5.5%) from June 2025 ($2.22) and down 24 cents (9.4%) from July 2024. Total July 2025 fuel expenditure ($4.12B) was up 10.0% from June 2025 ($3.74B) and down 8.0% from July 2024 ($4.47B). Fuel consumed [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 2025 World Safety and Operations Conference (WSOC) will take place from 14–16 October 2025 in Xiamen, China, hosted by Xiamen Airlines. “This year’s WSOC will have a future focus. Our efforts to date have made aviation operations safer. Evolving technologies, including AI, will enable us to do even better as the landscape of risks changes. WSOC is the opportunity to look at technology and risk as we examine topics including safely managing the proliferation of lithium batteries carried by travelers, GNSS interference near conflict zones, improving accident reporting, managing supply chain challenges, and maintaining spectrum integrity in the face of growing telecom needs. By addressing these and other issues [...]