BTS: U.S. Carriers Had 83.5M Passengers in August


   
   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) - U.S. airlines carried 83.5 million systemwide 
passengers in August, a 3.7% decrease from the same month last year, the Bureau 
of Transportation Statistics reported Thursday (11/12).

   BTS reported 72 million domestic passengers and 11.5 million international 
passengers on U.S. airline flights throughout the month.

   When adjusted for seasonality, August enplanements rose 0.4% from July and 
were 4.3% below the all-time high reached in June 2024.

   Systemwide unadjusted passenger numbers fell 3.8% from the August 2024 
all-time high of 86.8 million. Domestic boardings reached 72.0 million, down 
3.7% from 74.8 million in August 2024, while international boardings fell 6.5% 
to 11.5 million, compared with the all-time August high of 12.3 million 
recorded in 2025.




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