AIRLINES SERVING THE U.S. CARRIED A RECORD HIGH NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Transportation's (DoT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported that U.S. airlines and foreign airlines serving the United States carried an all-time high of 848.1 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in 2014, 2.5 percent more than in 2013 and 1.2 percent more than the previous record-high of 838.4 million reached in 2007. The systemwide increase was the result of a 2.6 percent rise in the number of passengers on domestic flights (662.3 million) and 2.3 percent growth in passengers on U.S. and foreign airlines' flights to and from the U.S. (185.8 million).
U.S. airlines carried 2.6 percent more passengers on domestic flights and 2.4 percent more passengers on international flights in 2014 than in 2013 for a systemwide increase of 2.6 percent. Foreign airlines carried 2.3 percent fewer passengers to and from the U.S. than in 2013. Despite the decline in travel on foreign airlines, the 185.8 million passengers on international flights to and from the U.S. was a record high, exceeding the previous high set in 2013.
This annual release includes preliminary data on U.S. carrier scheduled domestic and international service, and foreign carrier scheduled international service to and from the United States. BTS regular monthly air traffic releases include data on U.S. carrier scheduled service only.
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