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PRESS RELEASES FROM 2009
November
September 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 4.4 Percent from September 2008 (11/17/09)
August 2009 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 4.1 Percent from August 2008 (11/13/09)
Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 0.5% in September from August (11/12/09)
October
August 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 24.9 Percent from August 2008 (10/29/09)
BTS Releases 2nd-Quarter 2009 Air Fare Data (10/28/09)
August 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 5.5 Percent from August 2008 (10/20/09)
BTS Releases July 2009 Airline Traffic Data; System Traffic Down 3.4 Percent from July 2008 (10/16/09)
Freight Index Rose 0.7 Percent in August from July (10/15/09)
Airline On-Time Performance Improved in August (10/06/09)
September
July 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 28 Percent from July 2008 (09/30/09)
July 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 5.9 Percent from July 2008 (09/22/09)
2nd-Quarter 2009 Airline Financial Data: Airlines Report Improved Operating Margins (09/21/09)
Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Rose 1.6 Percent in July from June (09/10/09)
August
BTS Releases North American Surface Trade Numbers for June:
June 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 31.5 Percent from June 2008 (08/31/09)
June 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 6.3 Percent from June 2008 (08/18/09)
BTS Releases May 2009 Airline Traffic Data; System Traffic Down from May 2008 (08/13/09)
BTS Releases Freight Transportation Services Index; Freight Index was Unchanged in June from May (08/12/09)
July
May 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 35.4 Percent from May 2008 (07/30/09)
1st-Quarter 2009 Air Fare Data: Average 1st-Quarter Domestic Air Fares Drop from 4th Quarter; Top 100 Airports: Highest Fare in Huntsville, Lowest Fare at Long Beach (07/29/09)
May 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 6.8 Percent from May 2008 (07/21/09)
April 2009 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 5.6 Percent in April from 2008 and Down 9.1 Percent for January-to-April (07/16/09)
Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 0.6 Percent in May from April (07/09/09)
June
April 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 5.5 Percent from April 2008 (06/16/09)
BTS Releases First-Quarter 2009 Airline Financial Data; Network Airlines Report Sixth Consecutive Quarterly Loss Margin (06/15/09)
BTS Releases March 2009 Airline Traffic Data; System Traffic Down 9.1 Percent in March from 2008 and Down 10.3 Percent for January-to-March (06/11/09)
BTS Releases Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI); Freight Index Fell 1.2 Percent in April from March (06/10/09)
May
BTS Releases North American Surface Trade Numbers for March (05/28/09)
BTS Releases 2008 Passenger Airline Employment by Job Category (05/26/09)
BTS Releases February 2009 Airline Traffic Data; System Traffic Down 11.8 Percent in February from 2008 and Down 11.0 Percent for January-to-February (05/14/09)
BTS Releases Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI); Freight Index Fell 3.3 Percent in March from February (05/13/09)
April
BTS Releases Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI); Freight Index Rose 2.0 Percent in February from January (04/08/09)
March
December 2008 Passenger Airline Employment Data Down 6.7 Percent from
December 2007 (02/18/09)
November 2008 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 12.8 Percent in
November from 2007 and Down 3.5 Percent for January-to-November
(02/12/09)
Freight
Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 2.3 Percent in December from November
(02/11/09)
January
November 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 13.8 Percent
from November 2007 (01/29/09)
BTS Releases Third-Quarter 2008 Air Fare Data; Average Third-Quarter
Domestic Air Fares Reach Highest Quarterly Level; Top 100 Airports:
Highest Fare in Cincinnati, Lowest Fare at Dallas Love (01/28/09)
BTS Releases November Passenger Airline Employment Data; November 2008
Employment Down 6.5 Percent from November 2007 (01/16/09)
October 2008 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic
Down 7.1 Percent in October from 2007 and Down 2.6 Percent for
January-to-October (01/15/09)
October 2008 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic
Down 7.1 Percent in October from 2007 and Down 2.6 Percent for
January-to-October (01/15/09)
Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 1.4 Percent in November from
October (01/14/09)
North American Transborder Freight Data Press
Releases (01/08/09)
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