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) | Apr-01 | Apr-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 181.7 | 180.8 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 10.28 | -0.51 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 157.5 | 160.2 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 8.32 | 1.71 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 102.2 | 137.7 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 4.64 | 34.75 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality. Data from January 2002 to April 2002 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/.