The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines during October 2008 declined by 7.1 percent from October 2007, dropping by 4.6 million to 59.6 million, in the 8th consecutive monthly decline from the same month of the previous year, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), today reported in a release of preliminary data.
A news release summarizing the data may be obtained at www.dot.gov/affairs/briefing.htm. 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 on “Air Carrier Statistics (Form 41 Traffic),” then on “T-100 Domestic Market.”
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|
