Commercial aviation helps drive more than 10M American jobs and 5 cents of every dollar of U.S. GDP

Commercial aviation drives more than $1 trillion per year in economic activity

In 2012, U.S. airlines moved more than 48,000 tons of cargo per day

In 2012, the value of a kilogram of U.S. merchandise exported by air averaged 121 times the value exported by sea

For every 100 airline jobs, some 360 are supported outside of the airline industry

Federal taxes constitute $61 – or 20% – of the price of a typical $300 domestic round-trip ticket

In 2011, U.S. airlines carried 16 percent more passengers and cargo using 10 percent less fuel than in 2000

Domestically, airlines drive 5% of economic activity but account for 2% of man-made GHG emissions

From 2000-2011, airlines reduced GHG emissions by 11% while transporting 16% more passengers and cargo

From 1975-2011, U.S. airlines and their partners reduced significant noise exposure by 99%

Commercial air travel is the safest form of intercity transportation in the United States

In the most recent decade, scheduled air service on U.S. airlines was seven times safer than in the 1970s

From 2000-2012, U.S. airlines improved the on-time arrival rate from 72.6% to 81.9%

From 2000-2012, U.S. airlines reduced the flight cancellation rate sharply from 3.30% to 1.29%

Airfares are a bargain: From 2000-2012, U.S. CPI rose 33% while average domestic fare rose just 14%

Adjusted for inflation, the average round-trip domestic airfare fell 15% from 2000

2007 domestic flight delays cost the United States approximately $31 billion

In 2012, the value of U.S. merchandise exported by air reached an all-time high of $427B

In 2012, U.S. exports of air-travel services reached an all-time high of $39.5B, driving a $5.1B trade surplus

In 2012, U.S. passenger and cargo airlines spent more than $50B on fuel, averaging 36% of operating expenses

In 2012, U.S. airlines posted the lowest annual rate of mishandled baggage ever recorded

FAA projects U.S. air travel demand to top 1 billion passengers in 2027

In 2012, US airlines flew 83.4 million passengers in scheduled international service - a record high

In 2012, the total value of merchandise exported from or imported to the United States by air exceeded $927 billion

In 2012, 7.15 teragrams of merchandise was exported from or imported to the United States by air