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January Domestic Airline Traffic Data Up 7.6 Percent From January 2004
Thursday, April 14, 2005 - U.S. airlines carried 7.6 percent more domestic passengers and flew 1.1 percent fewer domestic flights during January 2005 than they did during January 2004, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today, in a release of preliminary data (Table 1). BTS, a part of DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the airlines carried 47.5 million domestic passengers during January 2005, up from the 44.1 million in January 2004 (Table 2). These passengers were carried on 784,535 flights, down 1.1 percent from the 793,583 flights operated in January 2004 (Table 1). In other domestic comparisons from January 2004 to January 2005 (Table 1): Revenue passenger miles, a measure of the number of passengers and the distance flown, were up 8.0 percent. Available seat-miles, a measure of airline capacity, were up 1.1 percent. Load factor, a measure of how many seats are sold and used, was up 4.5 percentage points. Flight stage length, the average non-stop distance, was up 2.8 percent. Passenger trip length, the average distance passengers travel, was up 0.4 percent. Among airlines, Delta Air Lines carried 6.2 million domestic passengers during January 2005, the most of any airline (Table 3). Among airports, Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta was the busiest U.S. airport for domestic travel during January 2005, with 2.9 million passenger boardings (Table 4). Additional airline traffic data can be found on the BTS website at TranStats, the Intermodal Transportation Database at http://transtats.bts.gov. Click on "Aviation," then "Air Carrier Statistics (Form 41 Traffic)," then "T-100 Domestic Market." Data are compiled from monthly reports filed with BTS by commercial air carriers detailing operations, passenger traffic and freight traffic. January traffic data are preliminary and include data received by BTS from 128 airlines as of April 12. Data are subject to revision. Revised data from December 2004 and previous months are posted on the BTS website at http://transtats.bts.gov. BTS will release February 2005 traffic data on May 12. Table 1: Domestic Airline Travel in January
Source: T-100 Domestic Market and Segment Table 2: Total Industry Domestic Enplanements
Source: T-100 Domestic Market Table 3: Top 10 Airlines, ranked by January 2005 Domestic Enplanements
Source: T-100 Domestic Market Table 4: Top 10 Airports ranked by January 2004 Domestic Enplanements
Source: T-100 Domestic Market |
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