BTS Releases September Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption Data

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), today updated its Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption web page with preliminary September data.

Cost per gallon for U.S. airlines’ scheduled services:

September 2010 $2.19
August 2011 $2.91
September 2011 $2.92

The page provides scheduled service cost and consumption numbers. Use the “Select a Service” dropdown to see all services or non-scheduled.

The Fuel Cost and Consumption page: https://www.transtats.bts.gov/fuel.asp Summaries by month are also available.

Preliminary fuel cost and consumption numbers are industry summaries only. Airline fuel costs may be affected by hedging. The next monthly web update is scheduled for Dec. 6.

Individual airline numbers are available through June on the BTS website. Individual airline numbers for July, August and September will be available with the BTS third-quarter financial release scheduled for Dec. 12.

Source: US DOT