Source: ICAO Significant mental stress experienced by aviation personnel operating in or near conflict zones will be reduced thanks to urgent additional guidance from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), aimed at mitigating risk and maintaining the safety of aviation operations in these areas. This guidance, which was issued today, is in view of the current conflict situations in various regions of the world. Mental health impacts arising from conflict zone operations are foreseeable, cumulative, and safety-critical. Personnel across all aviation functions — including flight crews, air traffic controllers, cabin crews, maintenance teams, and ground staff — may experience elevated stress, anxiety, and fatigue when working under conflict related pressures. If left unaddressed, these effects can compromise both individual well-being [...]

Source: US DOT This release is published on a fixed schedule as required by the Office of Management and Budget, and statistics in this release may be revised when inputs to the statistics are corrected or updated. Data on the program page of this website are the most up-to-date and complete. U.S. airlines carried 69.5 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in January 2026, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). When adjusted for seasonality, January enplanements are down 1.1% from December and down 3.7% from the all-time high reached in June 2024. BTS reported 59.1 million domestic passengers and 10.4 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in January, not adjusting for seasonality. U.S. airline traffic [...]