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) | Jun-00 | Jun-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 167.82 | 181.30 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 18.01 | 8.03 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 147.20 | 156.60 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 12.45 | 6.39 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 100.27 | 101.99 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 4.04 | 1.72 |
NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/datahome.htm.