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-01 | Jun-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 182.1 | 179.9 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 8.53 | -1.20 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 157.6 | 156.6 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 7.07 | -0.63 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 102.3 | 103.0 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 1.99 | 0.71 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality. Data from March 2002 to June 2002 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; July 11, 2002; available at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/.