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Appendix Table 3 Prices in Air Transportation

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Year CPI-U.S. (1982-84=100) Growth rate-CPI CPI-airline fare (1982-84=100) Growth rate-CPI, airline fare PPI-Air transportation, scheduled passenger-
domestic, international (Dec.1989=100)
Growth rate-PPI, scheduled passenger, domestic, international PPI-Air transportation, scheduled passenger, domestic (Dec.1989=100) Growth rate-PPI, scheduled passenger, domestic Scheduled air cargo (Dec.1987=100) Growth rate-PPI, scheduled air cargo ATPI, U.S.-origin ATPI, foreign-origin ATPI, full scope
  −1 −2 −3 −4 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −11 −12 −13
1990 130.7   148.4   110.6   111.3   102.0        
1991 136.2 4.2 155.2 4.6 122.4 10.7 125.1 12.4 105.2 3.1      
1992 140.3 3.0 155.2 0.0 114.8 −6.2 115.4 −7.8 107.0 1.7      
1993 144.5 3.0 178.7 15.1 126.8 10.5 131.2 13.7 112.1 4.8      
1994 148.2 2.6 185.5 3.8 130.6 3.0 136.4 4.0 109.5 −2.3      
1995 152.4 2.8 189.7 2.3 137.8 5.5 144.8 6.2 111.2 1.6 100.1 104.5 100.7
1996 156.9 3.0 192.5 1.5 148.1 7.5 160.1 10.6 108.7 −2.2 98.6 98.7 98.4
1997 160.5 2.3 199.2 3.5 153.9 3.9 167.9 4.9 107.3 −1.3 103.9 95.4 102.4
1998 163.0 1.6 205.3 3.1 152.6 −0.8 165.2 −1.6 104.8 −2.3 100.8 84.3 98.1
1999 166.6 2.2 218.8 6.6 161.2 5.6 174.2 5.4 106.9 2.0 101.6 83.5 98.7
2000 172.2 3.4 239.4 9.4 186.5 15.7 208.1 19.5 110.4 3.3 108.7 86.5 105.2
2001 177.1 2.8 239.4 0.0 200.6 7.6 223.8 7.5 112.0 1.5 109.4 84.0 105.5
Percentage rates of change                          
1995-2001 16.2   26.2   45.6   54.6   0.7   9.3 −19.6 4.8

Sources: Data for columns 1 and 2, same as Figures 1 and 2. Data for columns 3 and 5, from BLS website, Consumer Price Index. Data for columns 7, 9, and 11, from BLS website, Producer Price Indexes. Column 5 includes domestic and international travel.

Note: Data for CPI refer to "All Urban Consumers." Data in column 9 are based on SIC.

Key: CPI = Consumer Price Index, PPI = Producer Price Index.