In July, airline enplanements, or passenger boardings, rose 0.8 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Domestic flights grew 0.9 percent while international flights grew 0.3 percent.
During the first seven months of the year, a record 71.6 million people boarded flights globally.
When compared to 2016, July jumped 4.8 percent for domestic flights and 5.7 percent for international flights. The trend over the past three years has been an overall increase in both domestic and international passengers.
Seasonally adjusted revenue-passenger miles reached 81.5 billion. Domestic revenue-passenger miles reached 57.8 billion. Both set records, breaking the previous high established in June.
Available seat-miles reached 97.4 billion with domestic seat-miles reaching 68.2 billion. These rates also broke June’s record.
International revenue-passenger miles and available seat-miles, however, declined by 0.3 percent and 0.1 percent from the all-time seasonally adjusted high.
Load factor also declined 0.9 points systemwide, 1 point domestically, and 1.7 points internationally.
When not seasonally adjusted, passengers reached 79.8 million with 68.5 million domestically and 11.2 million for international flights.
Unadjusted revenue-passenger miles were 94.1 billion with 65 billion for domestic flights and 29.1 billion for international flights. Unadjusted available seat-miles were 108.6 billion, increasing for both domestic and international flights.