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Commercial Aviation in 2020: downturn in airline passengers, employment, profits, and flights operated, in the wake of COVID-19, was partially mitigated by increases in air cargo | Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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It Gets Rough for US Airlines: Why Buffett Dumped His Airline Stocks Though There Was Blood on the Tarmac, Which Should Have Been a Buy Signal | Wolf Street
Demand for jet fuel in the U.S. is recovering faster than in many other markets - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
![Flightradar24 on X: "Number of commercial flights per day, has now reached the same level as back in year 2019. Still about 6% under 2020 numbers (before the covid slowdown). https://t.co/EqV2Vo80Kd https://t.co/1R3GN3Z23C" / Flightradar24 on X: "Number of commercial flights per day, has now reached the same level as back in year 2019. Still about 6% under 2020 numbers (before the covid slowdown). https://t.co/EqV2Vo80Kd https://t.co/1R3GN3Z23C" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmwKCWPXkAMx8UZ.jpg:large)
Flightradar24 on X: "Number of commercial flights per day, has now reached the same level as back in year 2019. Still about 6% under 2020 numbers (before the covid slowdown). https://t.co/EqV2Vo80Kd https://t.co/1R3GN3Z23C" /
![Total number of flights tracked by Flightradar24, per day (UTC time),... | Download Scientific Diagram Total number of flights tracked by Flightradar24, per day (UTC time),... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352045926/figure/fig1/AS:1030976494919682@1622815359484/Total-number-of-flights-tracked-by-Flightradar24-per-day-UTC-time-from-2020-February.png)
Total number of flights tracked by Flightradar24, per day (UTC time),... | Download Scientific Diagram
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Annual Passengers on All U.S. Scheduled Airline Flights (Domestic & International) and Foreign Airline Flights to and from the United States, 2003-2018 | Bureau of Transportation Statistics
![Total flights per day now below 100,000; Flightradar24 data shows less than 50K commercial flights operational – India TV Total flights per day now below 100,000; Flightradar24 data shows less than 50K commercial flights operational – India TV](https://resize.indiatvnews.com/en/resize/newbucket/400_-/2020/03/airlinesparked4-1585381537.jpg)