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  • Resumed Trade with China and Consumer Activity in Late Quarters Leaves Top US Container Ports with Solid 2020
    Resumed Trade with China and Consumer Activity in Late Quarters Leaves Top U.S. Container Ports with Solid 2020
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2021-03-11 | PDF
    In February and March 2020, America’s top maritime ports experienced a downturn in container activity as COVID-19 hit the nation. However, the resumption of shipping activity in later months, due to the reopening of China trade and pent-up U.S. consumer demand, left container port activity levels about even for the year.
  • Commercial Aviation in 2020 Downturn in Airline Passengers Employment Profits and Flights Operated in the Wake of COVID19 was Partially Mitigated by Increases in Air Cargo
    Commercial Aviation in 2020: Downturn in Airline Passengers, Employment, Profits, and Flights Operated, in the Wake of COVID-19, was Partially Mitigated by Increases in Air Cargo
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2021-03-04 | PDF
    Any review of “Commercial Aviation in 2020” must address the year’s biggest story: Beginning last February, the spread of COVID-19 triggered a significant drop in the number of operated flights and ticketed passengers. That led, in turn, to a measured decline in airline profits and employment in the passenger sector. It’s important, however, to not ...
  • Holiday Surge in Travel Exceeds Last Year for Trips to Places between 50 and 500 Miles Away but is Still Less Than Last Year for Local Travel and Trips Over 500 Miles
    Holiday Surge in Travel Exceeds Last Year for Trips to Places between 50 and 500 Miles Away, but is Still Less Than Last Year for Local Travel and Trips Over 500 Miles
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2021-03-03 | PDF
    As the charts below show, on average, a greater percentage of Americans stayed home each day this holiday season (12/18/2020–1/3/2021) than during the previous year. Similar to Thanksgiving travel, Washington, DC, and New York State led the nation in the percentage of people staying home. California joined them as the third area with the greatest p ...
  • COVID19 Takes a Bite out of 2020 Passenger Transportation
    COVID-19 Takes a Bite out of 2020 Passenger Transportation
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2021-02-26 | PDF
    In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused sharp reductions in passenger travel of every type. Year-over-year declines in different modes of transportation include commercial aviation (down 48-60%) to passenger vehicle border crossings (down 37-91%) and transit ridership (down 63-86%). The pattern for the year: An unprecedented drop in activity with the ...
  • Thanksgiving Week Travel Total Number of Trips Down Long Distance Trips Up Over Last Year
    Thanksgiving Week Travel: Total Number of Trips Down, Long Distance Trips Up Over Last Year
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-12-09 | PDF
    The Thanksgiving 2020 travel data are in, and they indicate that the total number of trips taken this Thanksgiving was down significantly from 2019, but trips between 50 and 500 miles increased.
  • Airlines Hit OnTime High in September While Scheduled Operated Flights Decrease
    Airlines Hit On-Time High in September While Scheduled, Operated Flights Decrease
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-11-25 | PDF
    The COVID-constrained 2020 summer air travel season wound down in September, ending three consecutive months of increases in the number of domestic flights scheduled and operated by U.S. airlines. The 342,771 flights operated in September represent a 13% drop from August, but are still well above the all-time low monthly low of 180,121 flights oper ...
  • Transportation Delivers Harvest from Field and Farm to Family Tables
    Transportation Delivers Harvest from Field and Farm to Family Tables
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-11-18 | PDF
    It is customary in November to express thanks for the bounty of the American harvest. That harvest is a major portion of the 3.3 billion tons of agricultural products moved in 2018.
  • August Flight Operations Edge Up for Some Airlines Down for Others
    August Flight Operations Edge Up for Some Airlines, Down for Others
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-11-13 | PDF
    In August, U.S. airlines extended their recent streak of increasing the number of domestic flights operated overall. The more than 394,000 flights in August represent a 7% jump from July, the third consecutive month of increased activity. Those flights were supported by a similar rise in the number of flights scheduled by the airlines, offset by a ...
  • Transportation Puts Veterans in the Drivers Seat and in the Wheelhouse the Cockpit the Railyard the Transit Garage and the Air Traffic Control Tower
    Transportation Puts Veterans in the Driver's Seat... and in the Wheelhouse, the Cockpit, the Railyard, the Transit Garage and the Air Traffic Control Tower
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-11-10 | PDF
    The transportation industry and transportation jobs within other industries provide veterans re-entering civilian life with many career options that leverage the experience they acquired during their military service. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that 673,950 veterans were employed in the private “Transportation and utilities” secto ...
  • Theres No Trick to How Halloween Treats Move Across America
    There's No Trick to How Halloween Treats Move Across America
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-10-30 | PDF
    Those practicing safe trick-or-treating this year have good reason to be excited this Halloween. According to candystore.com, a candy retailer with close ties to candy manufacturers and distributors, the drop in door-to-door activity caused by COVID-19 is expected to be around 20%, which is significantly greater than the 11% anticipated drop in Hal ...
  • US Airlines Operate 56 More Flights in July than June
    U.S. Airlines Operate 56% More Flights in July than June
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-10-23 | PDF
    In good news for air travelers, U.S. airlines expanded their flight schedules and largely stuck to them in July. The 367,933 flights in July represent a 56% increase over June’s operations. The number of scheduled flights in July also increased by 56% from June.
  • World Statistics Day 2020
    World Statistics Day 2020
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-10-20 | PDF
    October 20 is World Statistics Day, a celebration sponsored by the United Nations every five years to acknowledge that, “the production of reliable, timely statistics and indicators of countries’ progress is indispensable for informed policy decisions.” BTS joins in celebrating this occasion with the U.N. and statistical agencies around the world.
  • Airlines Operate More Flights in June OnTime Performance Hits a High
    Airlines Operate More Flights in June; On-Time Performance Hits a High
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-09-23 | PDF
    After previously setting new lows in flights operated for two months running, U.S. airlines were unlikely to set another record low in June, and they didn’t. Instead, in the month of June, airlines operated 236,234 flights. While that’s still 65% fewer flights than they operated in June 2019, it’s a considerable 31% jump over May of this year. Fewe ...
  • Overall Travel Down LongDistance Travel Up for Labor Day Weekend as Americans Bid Goodbye to COVID19 Summer
    Overall Travel Down, Long-Distance Travel Up for Labor Day Weekend as Americans Bid Goodbye to COVID-19 Summer
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-09-11 | PDF
    Overall, Americans took 2.8 billion fewer total trips (4.6 billion) during the Labor Day weekend this year than they did in 2019 (7.4 billion). That overall drop of 38% included declines in travel for each day of the 3-day weekend plus the 2 days before the weekend when many people traditionally get a head start on their trips. For both 2019 and 20 ...
  • Flight Cancellations Stabilize in May but Total Flights Hit Another Record Low
    Flight Cancellations Stabilize in May, but Total Flights Hit Another Record Low
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-08-21 | PDF
    In May, U.S. passenger airline flight schedules caught up with the diminished demand inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. That ended a 2-month scramble to adjust schedules in the face of the virus. The 192,412 flights scheduled marked a record low; that number was also 42% lower than the number of flights scheduled in April. Although the reduction i ...
  • 4th of July Travel 2020 vs 2019
    4th of July Travel: 2020 vs. 2019
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-08-06 | PDF
    Americans took 2.8 billion fewer total trips during the 4th of July week this year than they did in 2019. That overall drop is supported by similar declines in the number of trips per day throughout the week. It is driven by a similar 2.8 billion drop in the number of local trips (under 50 miles) as well as the number of trips taken in each of seve ...
  • Aprils OneTwo Punch as Scheduled Flights Hit Record Lows Cancellations Reach New Highs
    April's One-Two Punch: as Scheduled Flights Hit Record Lows, Cancellations Reach New Highs
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-06-26 | PDF
    The nation’s airlines drastically overhauled their operations in April in the face of the COVID-19 spread. The 10 marketing network carriers scheduled only 331,238 domestic flights in April 2020 down from 701,278 scheduled flights in the previous month. They then canceled 41% of the scheduled flights that remained in reservation systems within seve ...
  • March DaybyDay How Flight Cancellations Rose to 17
    March Day-by-Day: How Flight Cancellations Rose to 17%
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-05-20 | PDF
    The charts and Excel table below show the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as the month of March transpires. The March 2020 flight cancellation rate — 17% of flights were canceled — is the highest since September 2001, when 20% of flights were canceled.
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