U.S. Airlines January 2021 Passengers Decreased 63% from January 2020 (Preliminary)
U.S. Airlines January 2021 Passengers Decreased 63% from January 2020 (Preliminary)
U.S. airlines carried 63% fewer scheduled service passengers in January 2021 (preliminary) than in January 2020, according to data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 20 airlines that carry more than 90% of the passengers.
The large airlines carried 25.8 million passengers in January 2021 (preliminary), compared to 70.5 million passengers in January 2020 and up from 3.0 million in April 2020, which was the lowest monthly total in BTS records dating back to 1974. The previous low was 14.6 million passengers in February 1975.
Preliminary January 2021 passenger numbers (20 carriers reporting):
- Total: 25.8 million passengers, down 63% from January 2020 (70.5M)
- Domestic: 22.9 million passengers, down 63% from January 2020 (61.4M)
- International: 3.0 million passengers, down 68% from January 2020 (9.1M)
U.S. airline traffic reports are filed monthly with BTS. Final January data will be released on April 15. Complete international data by origin and destination, which is under a six-month confidentiality restriction, will be released on July 16.
Table 1: Systemwide Percent Change in U.S. Airlines Scheduled Service Passengers from the Same Month of the Previous Year, 2017-2021
|
Year-to-Year Percent Change |
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|
|
2017 - 2018 |
2018 - 2019 |
2019 - 2020 |
2020 - 2021 |
|
January |
3.0 |
5.2 |
5.7 |
-63.3* |
|
February |
5.8 |
4.2 |
6.7 |
|
|
March |
4.6 |
6.4 |
-51.3 |
|
|
April |
6.0 |
3.9 |
-96.1 |
|
|
May |
6.1 |
5.3 |
-89.6 |
|
|
June |
6.2 |
3.7 |
-80.2 |
|
|
July |
6.4 |
3.7 |
-72.4 |
|
|
August |
6.3 |
3.5 |
-69.8 |
|
|
September |
7.1 |
5.7 |
-65.2 |
|
|
October |
5.0 |
4.2 |
-61.8 |
|
|
November |
5.7 |
0.5 |
-60.7 |
|
|
December |
4.8 |
8.9 |
-61.5 |
|
|
Annual |
5.6 |
4.6 |
-60.1 |
|
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market
*January 2021 data is preliminary
Table 2: Domestic Percent Change in U.S. Airlines Scheduled Service Passengers from the Same Month of the Previous Year, 2017-2021
|
Year-to-Year Percent Change |
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|
|
2017 - 2018 |
2018 - 2019 |
2019 - 2020 |
2020 - 2021 |
|
January |
3.3 |
5.3 |
6.2 |
-62.7* |
|
February |
6.0 |
4.2 |
7.5 |
|
|
March |
4.2 |
6.7 |
-51.0 |
|
|
April |
7.0 |
3.8 |
-95.7 |
|
|
May |
6.6 |
5.3 |
-88.5 |
|
|
June |
6.6 |
3.6 |
-77.8 |
|
|
July |
7.2 |
3.9 |
-69.6 |
|
|
August |
6.9 |
3.5 |
-67.1 |
|
|
September |
7.2 |
5.9 |
-62.7 |
|
|
October |
5.0 |
4.3 |
-59.9 |
|
|
November |
5.8 |
0.3 |
-59.4 |
|
|
December |
5.0 |
9.6 |
-60.9 |
|
|
Annual |
5.9 |
4.6 |
-58.7 |
|
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market
* January 2021 data is preliminary
Table 3: International Percent Change in U.S. Airlines Scheduled Service Passengers from the Same Month of the Previous Year, 2017-2021
|
Year-to-Year Percent Change |
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|
|
2017 - 2018 |
2018 - 2019 |
2019 - 2020 |
2020 - 2021 |
|
January |
1.3 |
4.8 |
2.1 |
-67.6* |
|
February |
4.8 |
3.8 |
1.0 |
|
|
March |
7.4 |
3.8 |
-53.3 |
|
|
April |
-0.6 |
4.7 |
-98.6 |
|
|
May |
2.7 |
5.7 |
-98.1 |
|
|
June |
3.7 |
4.3 |
-96.4 |
|
|
July |
1.9 |
2.3 |
-90.4 |
|
|
August |
2.5 |
3.9 |
-87.5 |
|
|
September |
6.3 |
4.7 |
-83.7 |
|
|
October |
4.6 |
3.4 |
-77.3 |
|
|
November |
5.0 |
2.4 |
-70.3 |
|
|
December |
3.6 |
4.0 |
-66.0 |
|
|
Annual |
3.5 |
4.0 |
-70.4 |
|
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market
* January 2021 data is preliminary
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