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) | Jan-01 | Jan-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 177.7 | 182.7 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 11.06 | 2.84 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 154.3 | 158.0 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 9.43 | 2.40 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 102.0 | 106.5 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 4.94 | 4.44 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period
in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from October 2001 to January 2002
are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/.