PRODUCER PRICES OF AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
PRODUCER PRICES OF AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
Producer Price Index: Air Transportation Services (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
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) | Nov-00 | Nov-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 174.2 | 184.2 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 19.88 | 5.75 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 152.7 | 158.5 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 14.47 | 3.80 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 104.8 | 101.5 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 7.43 | -3.11 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from August 2001 to November 2001 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/data/.