Table 3-20: Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile (Current cents)
1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
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Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 13.9 | (R) 13.8 | 14.2 |
Index (1990 = 100) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 57 | 86 | 91 | 100 | 99 | 96 | 103 | 98 | 101 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 104 | 108 | 99 | 89 | 94 | 91 | 92 | 98 | 97 | 103 | 90 | 97 | 104 | (R) 103 | 106 |
Commuter rail | U | U | U | U | U | U | 13.4 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 18.2 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 19.6 | 19.5 | 20.7 | 21.5 | 22.9 | 22.9 |
Index (1990 = 100) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 100 | 97 | 99 | 107 | 101 | 97 | 102 | 109 | 107 | 111 | 109 | 112 | 113 | 121 | 124 | 136 | 134 | 132 | 146 | 145 | 154 | 160 | 171 | 170 |
Intercity / Amtraka | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 11.3 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 23.2 | 24.9 | 26.8 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 27.2 | 29.7 | 30.7 | 31.8 | 30.8 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 33.9 | 35.4 |
Index (1990 = 100) | 21 | 22 | 28 | 45 | 57 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 103 | 118 | 123 | 124 | 130 | 165 | 176 | 190 | 177 | 184 | 192 | 210 | 217 | 225 | 218 | 220 | 234 | 240 | 251 |
Consumer Price Index (1990 = 100) | 23 | 24 | 30 | 41 | 63 | 82 | 100 | 104 | 107 | 111 | 113 | 117 | 120 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 132 | 136 | 138 | 141 | 145 | 149 | 154 | 159 | 165 | 164 | 167 | 172 | (R) 176 | 178 |
KEY: NA = not applicable; R = Revised; U = data are unavailable.
a Amtrak began operations in 1971.
NOTE
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics rebased the consumer price index from 1982-84=100 to 1990=100.
SOURCES
Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service:
1960: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC: February 1970), part III, table 2 (passenger-miles); part IV, table 2 (passenger revenues).
1965-70: Ibid., Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1973 (Washington, DC: March 1974), part III, table 2 (passenger-miles); part IV, table 2 (passenger revenues).
1975-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December Issues), p. 2, line 3.
Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December Issues), p. 4, line 9.
1985: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 4, line 3 and similar pages in previous editions; and Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 3, line 9, and similar pages in previous editions (total passenger operating revenues / total revenue passenger-miles).
1990-2013: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, TranStats Database, T1: U.S. Air Carrier Traffic and Capacity Summary by Service Class, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/DL_SelectFields.asp?Table_ID=264&DB_Short_Name=Air%20Carrier%20Summary as of Aug. 31, 2015 and Air Carrier Financial Reports, Schedule P-1.2, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/databases.asp?Mode_ID=1&Mode_Desc=Aviation&Subject_ID2=0 as of Aug. 31, 2015.
Commuter rail:
1990-2001: American Public Transportation Association, 2011 Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: 2011), tables 2 and 42 (passenger fares / passenger miles).
2002-13: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, Data Tables 19 and 26 (Washington, D.C.: Annual reports), available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/data.htm as of Aug. 31, 2015.
Intercity / Amtrak:
1960-70: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).
1975-80: National Passenger Rail Corporation (Amtrak), personal communication, June 22, 2011.
1985-2002: National Passenger Rail Corporation (Amtrak), Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual Issues) (transportation revenues / passenger-miles).
2003-13: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 77 and similar pages in previous editions (passenger revenue/revenue passenger miles).
Consumer Price Index:
1960-2013: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index-Urban, U.S. All Items Indexes, available at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ as of Aug. 31, 2015.