Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
BTS Home > Publications > Journal of Transportation and Statistics > Volume 9 Number 1 > Paper 1
Printable Version

Table 3 Productivity and Prices in Air Transportation

Excel | CSV

Year Labor productivity Multifactor productivity Consumer Price Index-U.S. (1982-84=100) Growth rate-CPI Consumer Price Index-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, schedule air cargo
  −1 −2 −3 −4 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −11 −12
1990 100.0 100.0 130.7   148.4   110.6   111.3   102.0  
1991 100.9 99.9 136.2 4.2 155.2 4.6 122.4 10.7 125.1 12.4 105.2 3.1
1992 105.0 103.5 140.3 3.0 155.2 0.0 114.8 −6.2 115.4 −7.8 107.0 1.7
1993 109.3 100.4 144.5 3.0 178.7 15.1 126.8 10.5 131.2 13.7 112.1 4.8
1994 117.2 106.9 148.2 2.6 185.5 3.8 130.6 3.0 136.4 4.0 109.5 −2.3
1995 123.0 111.2 152.4 2.8 189.7 2.3 137.8 5.5 144.8 6.2 111.2 1.6
1996 127.5 115.4 156.9 3.0 192.5 1.5 148.1 7.5 160.1 10.6 108.7 −2.2
1997 129.0 116.7 160.5 2.3 199.2 3.5 153.9 3.9 167.9 4.9 107.3 −1.3
1998 125.9 115.5 163.0 1.6 205.3 3.1 152.6 −0.8 165.2 −1.6 104.8 −2.3
1999 126.7 117.6 166.6 2.2 218.8 6.6 161.2 5.6 174.2 5.4 106.9 2.0
2000 126.7 121.1 172.2 3.4 239.4 9.4 186.5 15.7 208.1 19.5 110.4 3.3
2001 118.6 116.1 177.1 2.8 239.4 0.0 200.6 7.6 223.8 7.5 112.0 1.5
Percent increase 1990-2001 18.6 16.1 35.5   61.3   81.4   101.1   9.8  

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

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 11 are based on Standard Industrial Classification.
Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) • U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT)
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE • Washington, DC 20590 • 800-853-1351 • E-mail RITA

Accessibility | Disclaimer | Fast Lane | FedStats | Freedom of Information Act | No FEAR Act | OIG Hotline | Privacy Policy | RSS | USA.gov | White House | Wireless

Plug-ins: PDF Reader | Flash Player | Excel Viewer | PowerPoint Viewer | Word Viewer | WinZip

RITA's privacy policies and procedures do not necessarily apply to external web sites. We suggest contacting these sites directly for information on their data collection and distribution policies.