U.S. Airlines’ April 2025 Fuel Cost per Gallon down 3.8% and Aviation Fuel Consumption down 1.8% from March 2025

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U.S. Airlines' April 2025 Fuel Cost per Gallon down 3.8% and Aviation Fuel Consumption down 1.8% from March 2025

Thursday, June 5, 2025
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The Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines' April 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.580 billion gallons of fuel, 1.8% less fuel than in March 2025 (1.609 billion gallons) and 0.9% more than April 2024. The cost per gallon of fuel in April 2025 ($2.32) was down 9 cents (3.8%) from March 2025 ($2.41) and down 44 cents (15.8%) from April 2024. Total April 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.66B) was down 5.6% from March 2025 ($3.88B) and down 15.1% from April 2024 (4.31B).

Year-over-year changes in fuel consumption and cost for April 2025 includes a 0.5% increase in domestic fuel consumption, a 15.6% decrease in domestic fuel cost, and a 16.0% decrease in cost per gallon. Domestic fuel consumption decreased 2.7% from March 2025 to April 2025. The increase in fuel consumption reflects an increase in airline passenger travel over the same period.

 

Line chart showing U.S. Airlines fuel consumption January 2020 through April 2025

             

Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:

April 2024 1.57 billion gallons
March 2025 1.61 billion gallons
April 2025 1.58 billion gallons

 

Line chart showing U.S. Airlines fuel cost January 2020 through April 2025


Fuel cost per gallon for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:

April 2024 $2.75
March 2025 $2.41
April 2025 $2.32

 

Total fuel cost for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:

April 2024 4.31 billion
March 2025 3.88 billion
April 2025 3.66 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 December 2024 are available on the BTS website

Please Note:

The information provided within BTS statistical releases may not be based on 100% of the carriers required to report. Generally, data is released per schedule if reports have been received from at least 90% of the carriers, along with data from all the major carriers. Also, within text, percent change results may not be exact due to rounding.

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