U.S. Airlines’ May 2025 Aviation Fuel Consumption up 4.0% and Fuel Cost per Gallon down 4.1%from April 2025

 The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)  released U.S. airlines’ May 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.639 billion gallons of fuel, 4.0% more fuel than in April 2025 (1.576 billion gallons) and 0.4% less fuel than May 2024. The cost per gallon of fuel in May 2025 ($2.21) was down 9 cents (4.1%) from April 2025 ($2.31) and down 44 cents (16.5%) from May 2024. Total May 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.63B) was down 0.3% from April 2025 ($3.64B) and down 16.8% from May 2024 ($4.36B).                            

 

 

Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service
May 2024	1.64 billion gallons
April 2025	1.58 billion gallons
May 2025	1.64 billion gallons

 

 

Fuel cost per gallon for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service
May 2024	$2.65
April 2025	$2.31
May 2025	$2.21

 

Total fuel cost for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service
May 2024	4.36 billion
April 2025	3.64 billion
May 2025	3.63 billion

 

Fuel Cost and Consumption data from January 2000 to the present can be found at https://www.transtats.bts.gov/fuel.asp. Summaries by month are also available.

Airline fuel costs may be affected by hedging, contracts that allow airlines to limit exposure to future price changes. None of the cost numbers are adjusted for inflation. The month-to-month numbers are not seasonally adjusted.

Individual airline numbers through March 2025 are available on the BTS website.

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