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) | Dec-00 | Dec-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 177.2 | 178.1 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 20.93 | 0.52 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 154.3 | 155.3 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 14.98 | 0.65 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 105.4 | 101.7 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 7.78 | -3.52 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from September 2001 to December 2001 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/.