Table 3-17: Average Freight Revenue Per Ton-mile

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	(R) 1990	(R) 1991	(R) 1992	(R) 1993	(R) 1994	(R) 1995	(R) 1996	(R) 1997	(R) 1998	(R) 1999	(R) 2000	(R) 2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Air carrier, domestica	22.80	20.46	21.91	28.22	46.31	48.77	55.84	61.18	60.64	60.19	59.86	61.39	63.68	63.92	66.88	68.62	73.85	71.09	(R) 69.30	(R) 69.11	78.12	87.46	95.39	99.72	121.82	115.93
Index (1990 = 100)	41	37	39	51	83	87	100	110	109	108	107	110	114	114	120	123	132	127	(R) 124	(R) 124	(R) 140	(R) 157	(R) 171	179	218	208
Truckb	6.31	6.46	8.50	11.60	18.00	22.90	12.88	12.46	12.96	13.12	13.56	13.5	13.98	14.27	12.89	13.14	13.75	13.31	(R) 13.09	(R) 13.33	U	U	U	U	U	U
Index (1990 = 100)	U	U	U	U	U	U	100	97	101	102	105	105	109	111	100	102	107	103	102	103	U	U	U	U	U	U
Class I rail	1.40	1.27	1.43	2.04	2.87	3.04	2.66	2.59	2.58	2.52	2.49	2.40	2.35	2.40	2.34	2.28	2.26	2.24	2.26	2.28	2.35	2.62	2.84	2.99	3.34	U
Index (1990 = 100)	53	48	54	77	108	114	100	97	97	95	94	90	88	90	88	86	85	84	85	86	88	99	107	112	126	U
Barge	N	0.35	0.30	0.52	0.77	0.80	1.42	1.41	1.39	1.36	1.4	1.63	1.56	1.5	1.52	1.58	1.67	1.75	1.71	1.77	1.83	U	U	U	U	U
Index (1990 = 100)	N	U	U	U	U	U	100	99	98	96	99	97	110	97	107	98	97	95	120	125	129	U	U	U	U	U
Oil pipelinec	0.32	0.28	0.27	0.37	1.33	1.57	1.22	1.17	1.21	1.17	1.23	1.28	1.18	1.17	1.11	1.17	1.3	1.34	1.33	1.31	1.34	U	U	U	U	U
Index (1990 = 100)	U	U	U	U	U	U	100	96	99	96	101	105	97	96	91	96	107	110	109	107	110	U	U	U	U	U
Producer Price Index (1990 = 100)d	28	29	33	49	74	88	100	102	103	105	105	107	110	111	110	112	116	118	117	120	125	131	135	140	149	145

KEY: R = revised; U = data are unavailable.

^a For 1990 and later, air carriers that did not report both financial data and all months of traffic data for a given period were excluded from the calculations. Cargo revenue includes both scheduled and charter property revenue and mail revenue.

^b General freight common carriers, most of which are LTL (less-than-truckload) carriers.

^c The jump from 1975 to 1980 reflects entrance of Alaska pipeline moving crude petroleum to U.S. refineries.

^d Total finished goods. Converted to 1990 base year index by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and therefore not comparable to previous editions of this table.

NOTE: There is a break in the data from 1985 to 1990 for Truck, Barge, and Oil pipeline; therefore, data prior to 1990 cannot be indexed using 1990 as the base year because the data are incomparable.

SOURCES

Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service:

1960: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC: 1970), part III, tables 2 and 13.

1965-70: Ibid., Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1973 (Washington, DC: 1974), part III, tables 2 and 13.

1975-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: 1976, 1981), pp. 4 and 14 (December 1976) and pp. 2 and 3 (December 1981).

1985: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December Issues) (freight operating revenues).

Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December Issues) (freight revenue ton-miles).

1990-2009: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), TranStats Database, T-1, Schedule P-11, and Schedule P-12 data, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/ as of July 8, 2010, and BTS special tabulation, July 8, 2010.

Truck, barge, and oil pipeline:

1960-2004: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 46 and similar pages in previous editions.

Class I rail:

1960-2008: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 30 and similar pages in previous editions.

Producer Price Index:

1960-2009: Council of Economic Advisors, 2010 Economic Report of the President (Washington, DC: 2010), table B-65, available at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/ as of July 8, 2010.