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BTS Releases Summary 2015 U.S.-Based Airline Traffic Data
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines and foreign airlines serving the United States carried an all-time high of 895.5 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in 2015, 5.0 percent more than the previous record high of 853.1 million reached in 2014. The systemwide increase was the result of a 5.0 percent rise from 2014 in the number of passengers on domestic flights (696.2 million in 2015) and 4.7 percent growth from 2014 in passengers on U.S. and foreign airlines’ flights to and from the U.S. (199.4 million in 2015).
U.S. airlines carried 5.0 percent more passengers on domestic flights and 2.3 percent more passengers on international flights in 2015 than in 2014 for a systemwide increase of 4.7 percent. Foreign airlines carried 7.4 percent more passengers to and from the United States than in 2014. The 199.4 million passengers on international flights to and from the United States was a record high, exceeding the previous high set in 2014.
This annual release includes preliminary data on U.S. carrier scheduled domestic and international service, and foreign carrier scheduled international service to and from the United States. BTS regular monthly air traffic releases include data on U.S. carrier scheduled service only. For U.S. domestic service data for 2015, see the BTS December Air Traffic press release.
Airlines with Most Passengers in 2015 American Airlines carried more total system passengers in 2015 than any other U.S. airline. American also carried more passengers on international flights to and from the U.S. in 2015 than any other U.S. or foreign carrier. American’s passenger numbers include passengers reported as US Airways for the first six months of 2015. British Airways carried the most passengers on flights to and from the U.S. of any foreign airline.
U.S. Airports with Most Passengers in 2015 More total system passengers boarded planes in 2015 at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International than at any other U.S. airport. More passengers boarded international flights at New York John F. Kennedy than at any other U.S. airport.
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. See Load factor, RPMs, ASMs and Passengers. For more historical data, see Traffic on the BTS website.
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BTS Releases Summary 2015 U.S.-Based Airline Traffic Data
