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BTS 42-13
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Contact: Dave Smallen
Tel: 202-366-5568 BTS Releases June 2013 U.S. Airline Traffic Data;
System Passengers Up 0.7% from June 2012 The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines carried 67.1 million systemwide (domestic + international) scheduled service passengers in June 2013, 0.7 percent more than in June 2012. The systemwide increase was the result of a 0.1 percent increase in the number of domestic passengers (58.0 million) and a 4.4 percent increase in international passengers (9.1 million). BTS, a part of the Department’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that U.S. airlines carried 0.5 percent more total systemwide passengers during the first six months of 2013 (365.7 million) than during the same period in 2012. Domestically, U.S. airlines carried 317.8 million passengers, 0.2 percent more than 2012. Internationally, they carried 47.9 million passengers, up 2.4 percent from 2012. See Tables 2, 8 and 14 of Air Traffic Press Releases for previous-year data. The June 2013 systemwide load factor of 87.0 percent, the domestic load factor of 87.0 percent and the international load factor of 86.8 percent were all record highs for the month of June as year-over-year growth in revenue passenger-miles exceeded both domestic and international capacity expansion. Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of Available Seat-Miles (ASMs). Top Airlines In June, Delta Air Lines carried more system passengers than any other U.S. airline. Southwest Airlines carried the most domestic passengers, while United Airlines carried the most international passengers. The top 10 U.S. airlines in terms of number of passengers carried 80.6 percent of systemwide passengers, up from 80.0 percent carried by the U.S. airlines that were in the top 10 in June 2012. See Air Traffic Release for summary tables and additional data. Additional traffic data can be found on the BTS Airlines and Airports page. Click on a link in the Quick Links box on the right. For more historical data, see Traffic on the BTS website. ### You are subscribed to DOT News for Department of Transportation. This information has recently been updated, and is now available.
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