BTS: U.S. Carriers Had 84.7M Passengers in May


   
   HOUSTON, TX (DTN) --U.S. airlines carried 84.7 million systemwide passengers 
in May,  a 0.9% increase from the same month last year, the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics reported Thursday (8/13).

   BTS reported 73.8 million domestic passengers and 10.9 million international 
passengers on U.S. airlines flights in May throughout the month.

   When adjusted for seasonality, May enplanements edged up 0.1% from April and 
were 3.2% below the all-time high reached in June 2024.

   Systemwide unadjusted passenger numbers fell 2.7% from the May 2024 all-time 
high of 87.1 million. Domestic boardings totaled 73.8 million, down 2.7% from 
the 75.8 million recorded that month, while international boardings fell 2.9% 
to 10.9 million, compared with 11.3 million previously recorded.




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