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) | Aug-00 | Aug-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 168.7 | 183.9 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 18.21 | 9.02 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 147.9 | 159.1 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 12.30 | 7.57 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 97.4 | 102.4 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 0.78 | 5.18 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from May 2001 to August 2001 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/datahome.htm.