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PRESS RELEASES FROM 2003


Decem
ber

BTS Releases Third Quarter 2003 Airline Financial Data (12/23/03)

Long-Distance Travel Increases by One-Fourth During Christmas/New Year’s, BTS Report Says (12/22/03)

BTS Releases August Airline Traffic Data (12/17/03)

Novem
ber
 

More Travel Reported on Thanksgiving Day Than Previous Day, New BTS Report Says (11/17/03)

 

Business Travel is 16 Percent of All U.S. Long-Distance Trips; ‘Business Class’ is Usually the Driver’s Seat, New BTS Report Says (11/03/03)

October
 

Travelers Encounter Longer Intercity Travel Schedules, BTS Finds (10/27/03)
 

BTS Releases June Airline Traffic Data; Domestic Traffic at Mid-year Down 6.4 Percent from Pre-September 11, 2001 (10/9/03)
 

BTS Releases Second Quarter 2003 Airline Financial Data (10/7/03)

 

September


BTS Omnibus Household Survey Information
Airport Security  (9/12/03)

 

BTS Omnibus Household Survey Information
American Commuting Time (9/8/03)

 

August

 

DOT Releases New NHTS Showing Vehicles in Households Outnumber Drivers (8/26/03)

 

Traffic Congestion Rated a Problem By Two of Five U.S. Adults, BTS Survey Shows (8/21/03)

 

BTS Releases May Airline Traffic Data; Low-fare Airline Tops Monthly Domestic Passenger Rankings for First Time (8/12/03)

 

BTS Analysis Finds Commercial Intercity Transportation Serves Most Rural Areas (8/8/03)

 

July

BTS Releases April Airline Traffic Data; Domestic Airlines Carried 47.4 Million Passengers in April 2003 (07/07/03) 

 

BTS Releases NTAD 2003 Geographic Databases;
First Time MPO Boundaries Are Included in a National Database (7/7/03)

 

June

 

BTS Survey on Commuting Delays
Omnibus Survey Information (6/29/03) 

 

BTS Releases First-Quarter 2003 Airline Financial Data; Many Passenger Airlines' Domestic Operations Below Break-Even (6/27/03) 

 

May

 

BTS Releases February Airline Traffic Data; Domestic Enplanements Rise 5.1 Percent from February 2002; Airline, Airport Rankings on Page 2 (5/23/03)


DOT to Unveil NHTS Travel Numbers in August; Long Distance Data Will Show How America Travels (5/19/03)

 

BTS Releases Fourth Quarter 2002 Airline Financial Data; Major Airline Passenger Unit Revenues and Costs Rise from Third Quarter; Airline Rankings on Page 2 (5/1/03)

 

April

 

BTS Releases January Airline Traffic Data; Domestic Enplanements Down 13 Percent from December; Airline, Airport Rankings on Page 2 (4/18/03)

 

March

 

More than 10 Percent of U.S. Freight Is from International Trade, BTS Reports  (4/2/03)

 

BTS Issues October 2002 Air Traffic Data With Added Information About Small Airlines and Cargo Carriers (3/31/03)

 

BTS Report Shows Detroit, MI and El Paso, TX Continue as Top Gateways for Personal Vehicles Entering the U.S. (3/12/03)

 

January

 

BTS 2003 Pocket Guide to Transportation Highlights Growth of Air Freight (1/30/03)