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2025 U.S. Industry Statistics & Market Forecast - Air Transportation
Market Size & Industry Statistics
The total U.S. industry market size for Air Transportation:
Industry statistics cover all companies in the United States, both public and private, ranging in size from small businesses to market leaders.
In addition to revenue, the industry market analysis shows information on employees, companies, and average firm size.
Investors, banks, and business executives use growth rates and industry trends to understand the market outlook and opportunity.
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Market Forecast
Market forecasts show the long term industry outlook and future growth trends. The following extended five-year forecast projects both short-term and long-term trends.
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Industry Insights
Major trends affect the Air Transportation industry include:- Increasing focus on sustainability and emissions reduction
- Rise of low-cost carriers
- Impact of global pandemics on travel demand
- Advancements in digital and autonomous technology
- Expansion of long-haul, low-cost flights
- Growth in demand for air freight services due to e-commerce
- Increased airline consolidation
- Pressure to improve passenger experience and personalization
- Fluctuations in oil prices affecting operational costs
- Regulatory changes and increased safety standards
Product & Services Breakdown
Research products and services in the Air Transportation industry generating sales. Note that products are broken into categories with different levels of classification.| Product Description | Number of Companies | Sales ($ millions) | Percent of Total Sales |
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Domestic, Scheduled Passenger Transportation By Air |
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Domestic, Non-Scheduled Passenger Transportation By Air |
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International, Scheduled Passenger Transportation By Air |
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International, Nonscheduled Passenger Transportation By Air |
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Rental Of Aircraft With Crew For Air Carrier Use (Wet Leasing) |
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Fixed-Base-Operator Services |
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Transportation Of Perishable/Climate-Controlled Boxed, Palletized, And Other Packed Goods, By Air |
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Transportation Of Non-Perishable/Climate-Controlled Boxed, Palletized, And Other Packed Goods, By Air |
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Specialty Flying Services |
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Maintenance And Repair And Related Services For Aircraft |
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Transportation Of Other Goods By Air |
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Other Products |
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U.S. Geographic Distribution: Revenue Statistics by State
Market Size by State ($ millions) indicates how the industry's competition is distributed throughout the country. State-level information can identify areas with higher and lower industry market share than average.
Income Statement (Average Financial Metrics)
Financial metrics provide a snapshot view of a benchmark "average" company. Key business metrics show revenue and operating costs. The data collected covers both public and private companies.| Industry Average | Percent of Sales (Industry Benchmark) |
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Financial Ratio Analysis
Financial ratio information can be used to benchmark how a Air Transportation company compares to its peers. Accounting statistics are calculated from the industry-average for income statements and balance sheets.| Profitability & Valuation Ratios | Industry Average |
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| Company valuation can be measured based on the firm's own performance, as well as in comparison against its industry competitors. These metrics show how the average company in the Air Transportation industry is performing. | |
| Profit Margin Gross Profit Margin, Operating Profit Margin, and Net Profit Margin. Show company earnings relative to revenues. |
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| Return on Equity (ROE) Return on Equity (ROE) is net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Shareholders' Equity is defined as the company's total assets minus total liabilities. ROE shows how much profits a company generates with the money shareholders invested (or with retained earnings). |
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| Return on Assets (ROA) Return on Assets (ROA) is net income relative to total assets. The market research on Air Transportation measures how efficiently the company leverages its assets to generate profit. ROA is calculated as Net Income divided by Total Assets. |
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| Bankers and suppliers use liquidity to determine creditworthiness and identify potential threats to a company's financial viability. | |
| Current Ratio Measures a firm's ability to pay its debts over the next 12 months. |
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| Quick Ratio (Acid Test) Calculates liquid assets relative to liabilities, excluding inventories. |
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| Efficiency Ratios - Key Performance Indicators | Industry Average |
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| Measure how quickly products and services sell, and effectively collections policies are implemented. | |
| Receivables Turnover Ratio If this number is low in your business when compared to the industry average in the research report, it may mean your payment terms are too lenient or that you are not doing a good enough job on collections. |
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| Average Collection Period Based on the Receivables Turnover, this estimates the collection period in days. Calculated as 365 divided by the Receivables Turnover |
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| Inventory Turnover A low turnover rate may point to overstocking, obsolescence, or deficiencies in the product line or marketing effort. |
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| Fixed-Asset Turnover Generally, higher is better, since it indicates the business has less money tied up in fixed assets for each dollar of sales revenue. |
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Compensation & Salary Surveys for Employees
Compensation statistics provides an accurate assessment of industry-specific jobs and national salary averages. This information can be used to identify which positions are most common, and high, low, and average annual wages.| Title | Percent of Workforce | Bottom Quartile | Average (Median) Salary | Upper Quartile |
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| Management Occupations | 2% | Order at top of page |
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| Chief Executives | 0% | |||
| General and Operations Managers | 1% | |||
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | 24% | |||
| Information and Record Clerks | 19% | |||
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 15% | |||
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 15% | |||
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations | 8% | |||
| Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | 7% | |||
| Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians | 6% | |||
| Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians | 6% | |||
| Transportation and Material Moving Occupations | 61% | |||
| Air Transportation Workers | 43% | |||
| Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers | 20% | |||
| Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | 16% | |||
| Commercial Pilots | 37% | |||
| Flight Attendants | 22% | |||
| Flight Attendants | 22% | |||
| Material Moving Workers | 15% | |||
| Laborers and Material Movers | 12% | |||
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 10% | |||
Air Transportation Competitor Landscape & Key Companies [PREMIUM]
The most influential companies in the Air Transportation industry and adjacent industries either have large market share or are developing new business models and methods that could disrupt the status quo. We look at leading and emerging companies in the Air Transportation industry and adjacent sectors:| Market Leaders: Direct Competitors Companies with the largest market share, focused in this industry |
Market leaders: Diversified Competitors Largest companies that have diversified operations in this and other industries |
| Innovators: Direct Competitors Innovative, Emerging, and Disruptive Companies that may influence the future direction of the industry. |
Innovators: Diversified Competitors Innovators and Disruptors in adjacent industries that may also affect the Air Transportation industry. |
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Latest Industry News
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- Air France-KLM Eyes TAP Privatization, Awaits Conditions - Air France-KLM Eyes TAP Privatization, Awaits Conditions is published in Aviation Daily, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership. Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aviation Daily through your company? Login with your existing email and password (07/11/2025)
- Qatar and China sign deal to increase air transport rights - The deal aimed at increasing transport rights for passenger and cargo flights between Qatar and China, and cooperation in the field of code-sharing between designated carriers (07/11/2025)
- CNN goes inside the academy preparing air traffic controllers to manage the high-stress and high-stakes skies - The academy “is the introduction into air traffic,” said Chris Wilbanks, FAA vice president for mission support. “This really is giving the students the base of what air traffic really is, introducing them slowly into kind of a walk-run phase, get into the simulation, then off to the field they go.” (07/11/2025)
- Air France-KLM, Qantas Expand Partnership - Air France-KLM and Qantas have expanded their partnership in a bid to improve connectivity between Europe and Australia. Qantas, a Oneworld member, and Air France-KLM, which is part of SkyTeam, already had a partnership in place but have extended it, in a move they said should deliver “a multitude... (07/11/2025)
- ICAO Leads Progress Among Asia-Pacific States On Major Air Transport Modernization Plan - "With Asia-Pacific air traffic expected to lead global growth toward 12.4 billion passengers by 2050, we must transform how we manage the movement of people and goods across borders," remarked ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar. (07/10/2025)
- Trump names Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as interim head of NASA - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is directing Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to be the interim NASA administrator. (07/10/2025)
- End of tax-free loophole for low-value goods disrupts air shipments to US from China - The de minimis rule, which dates to 1938, had been a target of criticism from American lawmakers as a loophole that lets Chinese products skirt U.S. tariffs and allows illegal drugs and precursors to make opioid fentanyl to enter the U.S. unscreened. (07/04/2025)
- Switch to UPS saved US Postal Service 43% in air transport costs - The U.S. Postal Service is saving a great deal of money with UPS as its prime air cargo vendor instead of FedEx, according to a new inspector general’s report. (07/01/2025)
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