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) | Oct-01 | Oct-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 185.5 | 182.2 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 6.79 | -1.77 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 158.9 | 159.6 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 4.20 | 0.44 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 101.5 | 113.2 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | -4.27 | 11.51 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality. Data from July 2002 through October 2002 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; December 4, 2002; available at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/.