BTS Releases October 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 October data.

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

October 2011 $2.79

September 2012 $2.96

October 2012 $3.06

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

The Fuel Cost and Consumption page can be found here: http://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 January.

Individual airline numbers are available through June on the BTS website. Individual airline numbers through September will be available with the BTS third-quarter financial release on Dec. 17. Individual airline numbers through October will be available with the BTS fourth-quarter financial release on May 14, 2013.