US BTS report traffic highlights for US airlines and airports in Oct-2009

The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines in October 2009 decreased by 1.4 percent from October 2008, declining by 0.9 million to 58.8 million, the Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported (Table 1). October marked the 18th month out of the last 19 months with a decrease in passengers from the previous year (Table 2).