PRODUCER PRICES OF AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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) | Mar-01 | Mar-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 179.9 | 188.1 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 10.79 | 4.59 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 156.3 | 164.4 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 8.32 | 5.18 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 99.5 | 138.0 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 2.04 | 38.58 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from December 2001 to March 2002 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/.