WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Domestic airline traffic rose 6.3 percent between May 2003 and May 2004, the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows.
However, domestic airline traffic fell 2 percent between April and May 2004.
U.S. airlines carried 52.6 million passengers in May, on 802,602 domestic flights, up 0.6 percent from the previous year.
The number of seats sold and used rose 0.4 percentage points.
The average non-stop distance flown was also up 7.4 percent while the average passenger trip length went up 3.5 percent.
Among airlines, Southwest Airlines carried 7.14 million domestic passengers in May, the most of any airline, followed by Delta with 6.76 million passengers and American with 6.08 million.
Among airports, Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta continued in May to be the busiest domestic airport, with 3.25 million passenger boardings.
Report data is compiled from monthly reports filed with BTS by commercial air carriers detailing operations, passenger traffic and freight traffic.
