U.S. airlines’ October 2025 aviation fuel consumption up 6.2%

AJOT Newsroom | Dec 04 2025 at 12:11 PM | Air Cargo

U.S. airlines’ October 2025 aviation fuel consumption up 6.2%, and fuel cost per gallon up 1.7% from September 2025

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The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ October 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.608 billion gallons of fuel, 6.2% more fuel than in September 2025 (1.514 billion gallons) and 2.0% more fuel than October 2024 (1.576 billion gallons). The cost per gallon of fuel in October 2025 ($2.34) was up 4 cents (1.7%) from September 2025 ($2.30) and up 5 cents (2.2%) from October 2024 ($2.29). Total October 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.77B) was up 8.0% from September 2025 ($3.49B) and up 4.3% from October 2024 ($3.61B).