Thursday, February 16, 2006 - U.S. airlines carried 4.3 percent more domestic passengers and flew slightly fewer domestic flights during the first 11 months of 2005 than they did during the same period in 2004, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported, in a release of preliminary data (Table 1).
BTS, a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), reported that the airlines carried 606.4 million domestic passengers during the first 11 months of 2005, up from the 581.6 million carried between January and November 2004 (Table 2). The passengers were carried on 9,246,862 million flights, 1,140 fewer than the 9,248,002 million flights operated in 2004 (Table 1).
In other domestic comparisons from the first 11 months of 2004 to the first 11 months of 2005:
Revenue passenger miles, a measure of the number of passengers and the distance flown, were up 4.7 percent.
Available seat-miles, a measure of airline capacity using the number of seats and the distance flown, were up 1.1 percent.
Passenger load factor, passengers carried as a proportion of available seats, was up 2.6 load factor points.
Flight stage length, the average non-stop distance flown per departure, was up 2.0 percent.
Passenger trip length, the average distance flown per passenger, was 867 miles per trip, up only slightly from 864 miles the first 11 months of 2004.
Among airlines, Southwest Airlines carried 81.2 million domestic passengers during the first 11 months of 2005, the most of any airline (Table 3).
Among airports, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was the busiest U.S. airport for domestic travel during the first 11 months of 2005, with 35.6 million passenger boardings (Table 4).
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BTS, a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), reported that the airlines carried 606.4 million domestic passengers during the first 11 months of 2005, up from the 581.6 million carried between January and November 2004 (Table 2). The passengers were carried on 9,246,862 million flights, 1,140 fewer than the 9,248,002 million flights operated in 2004 (Table 1).
In other domestic comparisons from the first 11 months of 2004 to the first 11 months of 2005:
Revenue passenger miles, a measure of the number of passengers and the distance flown, were up 4.7 percent.
Available seat-miles, a measure of airline capacity using the number of seats and the distance flown, were up 1.1 percent.
Passenger load factor, passengers carried as a proportion of available seats, was up 2.6 load factor points.
Flight stage length, the average non-stop distance flown per departure, was up 2.0 percent.
Passenger trip length, the average distance flown per passenger, was 867 miles per trip, up only slightly from 864 miles the first 11 months of 2004.
Among airlines, Southwest Airlines carried 81.2 million domestic passengers during the first 11 months of 2005, the most of any airline (Table 3).
Among airports, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was the busiest U.S. airport for domestic travel during the first 11 months of 2005, with 35.6 million passenger boardings (Table 4).
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