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) | Oct-00 | Oct-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 173.7 | 186.4 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 19.87 | 7.33 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 151.2 | 159.8 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 13.60 | 5.69 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 97.9 | 102.9 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 1.29 | 5.11 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from July 2001 to October 2001 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/.