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) | May-00 | May-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 166.72 | 180.29 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 18.43 | 8.14 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 146.00 | 156.40 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 12.31 | 7.12 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 98.28 | 101.72 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 1.88 | 3.50 |
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.