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Import and export air passenger fares decrease in 2015

January 19, 2016

Export air passenger fares declined 15.0 percent in 2015, the largest calendar-year drop since the index was first published in 1987. Latin American and Caribbean (−17.8 percent), Asian (−14.6 percent), and European (−11.7 percent) export air passenger fares were all down over the year. Export air passenger fare indexes measure changes in fare prices paid to U.S. carriers by foreign residents for international travel.

12-month percent change in import and export air passenger fares
Month Import air passenger fares Import European fares Import Asian fares Import Latin American/ Caribbean fares Export air passenger fares Export European fares Export Asian fares Export Latin American/ Caribbean fares

Dec 2005

4.1% 3.4% 6.5% 0.6% -4.3% -9.4% -9.2% 10.2%

Jan 2006

3.6 4.0 0.7 0.6 -6.0 -11.6 -10.5 4.5

Feb 2006

4.2 4.9 2.9 2.5 0.2 -4.6 -2.7 6.2

Mar 2006

4.5 5.5 1.9 1.9 -4.0 -10.5 -8.1 7.0

Apr 2006

3.8 5.3 3.6 -1.1 -1.3 0.5 -6.6 5.5

May 2006

5.6 4.7 3.3 4.1 -2.5 -4.6 -7.6 6.3

Jun 2006

6.7 5.8 6.3 4.5 2.3 1.7 -2.4 6.9

Jul 2006

5.6 5.1 4.0 2.3 -0.5 -2.2 -4.3 4.1

Aug 2006

5.6 4.6 2.3 4.6 -0.5 0.3 -4.7 4.6

Sep 2006

5.6 5.1 3.8 6.1 2.1 6.0 -4.3 7.5

Oct 2006

5.9 5.0 1.9 9.1 3.0 7.1 -2.4 10.5

Nov 2006

7.7 8.8 1.0 8.4 6.4 11.0 -0.5 10.7

Dec 2006

7.8 8.9 0.6 7.4 7.0 12.7 1.5 5.3

Jan 2007

7.0 8.6 5.0 6.6 6.9 14.2 0.8 6.9

Feb 2007

7.1 10.3 4.0 9.8 3.2 8.0 -5.3 12.9

Mar 2007

7.0 10.5 4.2 9.8 7.2 12.9 -1.3 16.0

Apr 2007

4.8 11.2 3.7 1.4 9.3 11.1 3.7 13.8

May 2007

3.9 11.5 2.3 0.0 7.5 10.1 3.9 10.5

Jun 2007

5.8 15.5 2.3 -0.5 5.7 6.3 3.2 9.9

Jul 2007

7.2 15.5 3.9 -0.1 5.7 6.3 3.1 7.2

Aug 2007

8.2 17.0 5.4 0.2 3.9 6.7 -1.9 8.7

Sep 2007

7.1 18.8 5.1 1.8 8.6 7.3 10.8 10.0

Oct 2007

5.5 11.3 5.3 2.6 10.0 7.8 11.5 9.1

Nov 2007

5.6 7.4 5.0 5.7 11.5 9.6 9.9 10.6

Dec 2007

7.9 8.9 3.2 3.4 13.4 12.6 16.7 7.7

Jan 2008

7.8 8.5 1.6 3.6 14.3 11.5 23.4 1.3

Feb 2008

6.7 5.2 3.2 3.8 9.8 7.9 17.1 -7.8

Mar 2008

6.8 5.0 3.3 5.1 11.6 8.0 21.4 -7.6

Apr 2008

12.6 13.3 4.4 18.8 6.3 4.8 18.2 -7.8

May 2008

13.7 12.5 6.5 22.5 6.0 7.0 9.6 -2.0

Jun 2008

18.7 21.2 10.3 27.1 16.4 24.8 17.0 1.2

Jul 2008

19.5 24.0 8.5 27.2 17.6 21.3 19.7 3.9

Aug 2008

15.8 20.8 4.4 25.0 20.6 17.4 29.8 12.2

Sep 2008

15.0 11.3 13.8 10.9 11.2 12.9 15.3 0.2

Oct 2008

25.3 32.7 17.3 4.6 5.5 9.9 7.6 -1.6

Nov 2008

22.9 33.9 20.2 1.9 5.2 9.7 14.6 -4.3

Dec 2008

16.3 18.5 14.1 23.1 5.7 2.2 14.8 5.3

Jan 2009

12.2 24.2 13.5 -0.5 1.9 -0.2 5.4 7.1

Feb 2009

8.1 17.6 10.0 -5.1 -3.5 -5.7 -1.1 5.8

Mar 2009

2.7 8.1 5.2 -9.1 -9.4 -13.7 -3.7 -3.5

Apr 2009

-7.1 -9.0 1.9 -11.1 -11.0 -17.5 -9.3 -1.2

May 2009

-10.1 -14.9 3.1 -20.2 -15.5 -22.1 -9.1 -17.1

Jun 2009

-14.2 -13.9 -9.1 -22.7 -19.4 -22.4 -20.0 -13.4

Jul 2009

-20.1 -21.1 -12.9 -21.2 -21.8 -22.1 -21.6 -15.2

Aug 2009

-19.5 -23.9 -11.3 -16.8 -19.5 -22.0 -19.7 -15.6

Sep 2009

-14.5 -13.1 -7.9 -12.3 -17.8 -21.2 -16.4 -14.6

Oct 2009

-11.6 -9.4 -5.0 -7.2 -14.4 -15.5 -12.9 -14.0

Nov 2009

-6.4 -2.5 -8.5 0.6 -11.3 -8.0 -15.8 -9.8

Dec 2009

-3.2 6.1 -7.8 -7.2 -5.2 0.4 -12.3 -4.0

Jan 2010

-0.7 -0.8 -1.2 3.1 -4.4 1.5 -9.2 -2.3

Feb 2010

0.4 1.3 -4.3 8.5 5.1 17.8 4.9 -1.6

Mar 2010

11.0 20.8 2.7 15.0 11.3 27.9 11.4 8.1

Apr 2010

17.3 28.7 6.6 20.6 19.2 33.4 21.4 9.9

May 2010

23.3 42.0 9.4 22.5 22.0 37.2 24.8 20.5

Jun 2010

19.0 25.6 14.5 23.4 27.6 38.1 42.2 18.0

Jul 2010

21.3 28.4 15.8 18.4 30.5 33.4 45.7 15.6

Aug 2010

19.0 27.6 15.2 14.5 21.2 24.9 42.0 8.7

Sep 2010

16.7 20.4 12.6 21.4 21.9 29.5 33.6 16.6

Oct 2010

14.9 17.3 12.4 24.7 21.2 23.6 34.1 16.1

Nov 2010

12.8 13.6 12.9 20.4 15.0 4.0 38.8 16.3

Dec 2010

11.6 9.4 11.7 16.7 8.3 1.0 23.8 10.1

Jan 2011

12.2 15.2 6.9 20.6 13.2 -0.8 30.5 12.2

Feb 2011

13.6 16.4 9.7 19.8 4.1 -6.6 9.7 10.6

Mar 2011

7.6 2.2 9.0 20.0 9.6 -7.2 14.2 14.7

Apr 2011

4.5 -0.1 3.9 18.2 8.1 -3.2 9.2 14.2

May 2011

7.3 4.2 2.7 22.7 12.2 2.8 16.2 13.7

Jun 2011

5.0 2.1 2.8 19.3 5.8 0.5 5.0 8.3

Jul 2011

6.2 1.0 2.6 22.3 10.2 7.8 7.9 15.5

Aug 2011

7.4 0.3 5.1 23.8 18.1 13.3 11.4 16.9

Sep 2011

8.5 3.3 8.4 17.4 11.9 6.8 10.8 14.0

Oct 2011

5.5 -0.4 4.1 14.0 11.9 7.1 11.9 13.2

Nov 2011

6.2 -0.7 8.7 10.5 13.0 14.8 9.4 10.9

Dec 2011

5.7 3.3 3.7 9.2 13.1 9.3 13.5 8.4

Jan 2012

8.8 4.5 9.7 13.3 9.5 12.8 7.9 7.3

Feb 2012

11.8 7.6 17.2 12.1 15.6 20.4 10.0 35.2

Mar 2012

10.9 8.8 7.0 9.3 7.1 14.6 2.3 27.3

Apr 2012

10.3 9.8 9.3 5.9 6.2 13.1 7.8 14.3

May 2012

5.1 0.2 10.2 0.8 8.4 5.2 1.8 25.9

Jun 2012

8.6 7.9 5.9 3.8 8.7 4.9 9.7 22.1

Jul 2012

5.2 5.5 3.9 -1.0 3.8 -4.1 4.4 18.9

Aug 2012

2.5 3.9 2.5 -5.2 -3.6 -7.5 5.2 12.3

Sep 2012

3.0 4.5 0.5 -6.4 -2.5 -4.6 -3.7 12.4

Oct 2012

3.1 6.3 0.5 -6.9 -0.7 -6.2 0.7 14.4

Nov 2012

2.9 12.7 -5.0 -2.3 -0.7 1.8 -4.9 12.9

Dec 2012

8.2 17.5 5.4 -1.0 -2.5 4.5 0.7 -2.7

Jan 2013

3.9 14.1 1.4 -8.5 2.6 4.0 4.3 0.0

Feb 2013

2.3 16.6 -6.3 -7.8 -1.4 -0.3 0.4 -18.6

Mar 2013

1.7 14.2 0.1 -5.8 0.1 6.1 -3.9 -16.0

Apr 2013

1.2 11.6 1.1 -7.7 -3.2 -5.7 -8.6 -12.1

May 2013

2.6 12.4 -1.6 -3.5 -4.4 -0.8 -7.1 -20.6

Jun 2013

2.9 7.4 2.1 -0.4 -3.4 1.9 -6.4 -15.3

Jul 2013

2.1 6.4 -0.2 -0.2 -4.7 2.7 -10.0 -13.6

Aug 2013

-0.5 6.2 -3.0 0.4 -3.6 2.9 -11.8 -8.6

Sep 2013

1.1 10.5 -4.1 3.5 -1.2 1.8 -10.9 -13.5

Oct 2013

3.4 10.3 -1.6 3.1 -3.6 0.5 -13.5 -8.9

Nov 2013

7.9 10.3 1.3 0.8 -3.1 2.3 -10.3 -11.0

Dec 2013

8.2 5.4 0.8 1.4 3.2 -0.1 -9.6 5.3

Jan 2014

5.1 2.8 0.3 2.8 -1.6 -3.0 -8.0 1.6

Feb 2014

6.7 3.6 3.4 1.2 -6.3 -3.8 -11.8 2.7

Mar 2014

4.8 3.0 0.2 0.5 -3.6 -2.4 -6.9 2.2

Apr 2014

4.8 0.1 -2.9 3.7 1.9 5.2 -0.7 3.7

May 2014

5.0 4.3 1.9 2.1 -1.2 5.0 -0.3 6.6

Jun 2014

1.4 -1.1 -3.2 -2.3 0.4 1.8 0.5 3.7

Jul 2014

2.6 1.8 -1.6 -2.1 0.5 -0.7 3.3 -8.7

Aug 2014

6.7 3.1 1.7 0.1 3.9 -4.6 1.0 -5.0

Sep 2014

6.3 2.0 0.9 0.9 1.8 4.4 0.7 -1.4

Oct 2014

4.4 0.8 0.1 4.3 1.6 7.0 1.1 -5.8

Nov 2014

1.9 1.2 -0.7 -1.3 -1.8 -2.2 2.4 -5.8

Dec 2014

2.7 4.5 -0.2 -0.7 -2.0 4.4 0.2 -4.8

Jan 2015

2.3 8.6 -6.9 -1.7 -4.0 1.5 -8.3 -8.1

Feb 2015

-0.6 8.1 -9.7 0.2 -5.1 -0.8 -3.8 -10.2

Mar 2015

0.5 9.5 -4.5 -1.0 -7.8 -3.1 -7.8 -9.3

Apr 2015

-2.7 5.0 -6.2 -4.8 -13.8 -9.8 -14.7 -14.1

May 2015

-2.9 4.6 -8.0 -5.5 -13.1 -9.8 -14.5 -14.9

Jun 2015

-1.1 2.4 -5.2 -5.7 -14.2 -13.0 -14.9 -12.8

Jul 2015

-2.4 0.7 -6.5 -4.4 -14.2 -9.0 -16.2 -6.5

Aug 2015

-3.2 -1.5 -7.8 -5.4 -17.5 -10.3 -15.2 -10.7

Sep 2015

-7.2 -1.1 -8.3 -9.1 -17.0 -8.6 -14.6 -19.0

Oct 2015

-4.7 0.4 -5.0 -13.0 -15.6 -10.8 -11.3 -17.3

Nov 2015

-2.2 2.6 -4.8 -11.3 -11.5 -2.3 -12.9 -14.5

Dec 2015

-9.9 -9.9 -7.2 -8.4 -15.0 -11.7 -14.6 -17.8

Import air passenger fares fell 9.9 percent in 2015, the largest calendar-year decrease since the index was first published in 1989. European fares, which make up 44.7 percent of the index, were also down 9.9 percent for the year. Import air passenger fare indexes measure fares paid to foreign carriers by U.S. residents for international travel.

These data are from the International Price program. Import and export price data are subject to revision. To learn more, see “U.S. Import and Export Prices — December 2015” (HTML) (PDF) and interactive charts

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Import and export air passenger fares decrease in 2015 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/import-and-export-air-passenger-fares-decrease-in-2015.htm (visited December 11, 2024).

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