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) | Sep-01 | Sep-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 184.3 | 182.2 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 5.24 | -1.14 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 158.5 | 159.0 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 4.62 | 0.32 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 100.5 | 109.1 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | -0.54 | 8.57 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality. Data for June 2002 through September 2002 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; October 15, 2002; available at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/.