Air Transport Services: United States

Report Overview

This report forecasts to 2028 US air transport services revenues in nominal US dollars. Total revenues are segmented by source in terms of: domestic scheduled passenger; international scheduled passenger; domestic nonscheduled (i.e., chartered) passenger; international nonscheduled (i.e., chartered) passenger; domestic scheduled freight; international scheduled freight; and other sources such as fees, nonscheduled (i.e., chartered) freight services, and specialty air transport services.

Also provided are forecasts to 2028 for air transport support services in nominal US dollars. Total revenues are segmented by establishment type as follows: airport operations and other support activities.

To illustrate historical trends, total revenues for air transport services and support services, and the various segments, are provided in annual series from 2013 to 2023.

This report represents employer and nonemployer revenues for the US air transport services industry, which includes the revenues of US-headquartered firms as well as the revenues of foreign-headquartered firms for flights that land or take-off in the US. (Carriers headquartered in foreign countries may operate international flights to and from the US but cannot fly between US airports; that activity is limited to US-headquartered firms.)

Air transport services excluded from the scope of this report include crop dusting and fighting forest fires using specialized aircraft, specialized air sightseeing services, gathering of geophysical data, specialized flying schools, and recreation aviation clubs.

This report includes the results of a proprietary national online consumer survey of US adults (age 18+). This Freedonia Focus Reports National Online Consumer Survey has a sample size of approximately 1,500, screened for response quality, and representative of the US population on the demographic measures of age, gender, geographic region, race/ethnicity, household income, and the presence/absence of children in the household.

Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided with quantified trends. Other various topics, including profiles of pertinent leading companies, are covered in this report. A full outline of report items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Related NAICS Codes:

• 481111 Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
• 481112 Scheduled Freight Air Transportation
• 481211 Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
• 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
• 481219 Other Nonscheduled Air Transportation
• 488111 Air Traffic Control
• 488119 Other Airport Operations
• 488190 Other Support Activities for Air Transportation

Related NAICS Codes

Table of Contents

• Historical Trends
• Key Economic Indicators
• Jet Fuel Consumption & Price Trends
• Price Trends

• Domestic Scheduled Passenger
• International Scheduled Passenger
• Domestic & International Nonscheduled Passenger
• Domestic & International Scheduled Freight
• Other Sources
• Support Activities

• Industry Characteristics
• Market Share

• Scope
• Sources
• Industry Codes
• Freedonia Methodology
• Resources

• Figure 1 | Key Trends in US Air Transport Services Revenues, 2023 - 2028
• Figure 2 | US Air Transport Services Revenue Trends, 2013 - 2023
• Table 1 | Key Indicators for US Air Transport Services Revenues; 2013, 2018, 2023, 2028 (US$ bil)
• Figure 3 | US Jet Fuel Consumption & Brent Crude Oil Price, 2013 - 2023
• Table 2 | US Jet Fuel Consumption & Price, 2013 - 2023
• Figure 4 | US Air Transport Services Price Index, 2013 - 2023 (2017=100)
• Table 3 | US Air Transport Services Price Index, 2013 - 2023 (2017=100)
• Figure 5 | US Air Transport Services Revenues by Source, 2013 - 2028 (US$ bil)
• Table 4 | US Air Transport Services Revenues by Source, 2023 - 2028 (US$ mil)
• Table 5 | US Air Transport Services Revenues by Source, 2013 - 2023 (US$ mil)
• Figure 6 | US Air Transport Services Revenues by Source, 2013 - 2028 (%)
• Figure 7 | US Survey: Likelihood of Traveling & Staycation in Next 12 Months, 2024 (% of adult respondents)
• Figure 8 | US Survey: Likelihood of Taking a Flight in Next 12 Months, 2024 (% of adult respondents)
• Figure 9 | US Domestic & International Revenue Passenger-Miles, 2013 - 2023 (bil)
• Table 6 | US Domestic & International Revenue Passenger-Miles, 2013 - 2023 (bil)
• Figure 10 | US Domestic & International Cargo Revenue Ton-Miles, 2013 - 2023 (bil)
• Table 7 | US Domestic & International Cargo Revenue Ton-Miles, 2013 - 2023 (mil)
• Figure 11 | US Air Transport Support Activities Revenues by Establishment Type, 2013 - 2028 (US$ bil)
• Table 8 | US Air Transport Support Activities Revenues by Establishment Type, 2023 - 2028 (US$ mil)
• Table 9 | US Air Transport Support Activities Revenues by Establishment Type, 2013 - 2023 (US$ mil)
• Figure 12 | US Air Transport Support Activities Revenues by Establishment Type, 2013 - 2028 (%)
• Figure 13 | US Air Transport Services Market Share by Company, 2023 (%)
• Table 10 | Leading Participants in the US Air Transport Services Industry by Company Type
• Table 11 | NAICS & SIC Codes Related to Air Transport Services