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-01 | Aug-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 184.5 | 182.0 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 9.39 | -1.37 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 159.0 | 158.9 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 7.51 | -0.06 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 100.9 | 109.3 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 3.63 | 8.35 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality. Data for May 2002 through August 2002 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; September 13, 2002; available at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/.