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) | Feb-01 | Feb-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 178.9 | 183.7 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 12.15 | 2.73 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 155.1 | 159.0 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 9.53 | 2.51 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 102.2 | 106.3 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 5.13 | 4.08 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from November 2001 to February 2002 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/.