
Producer prices for scheduled air transportation services represent prices for business and personal travel, as well as shipment of high-value freight. Because producers also act as retailers, a change in prices charged by airlines is immediately passed on to consumers.
| Price Index (Dec-1992=100) | Jul-00 | Jul-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 168.6 | 182.6 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 18.40 | 8.30 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 147.6 | 157.6 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 12.33 | 6.78 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 97.1 | 102.4 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 0.85 | 5.50 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from April 2001 to July 2001 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/datahome.htm.