{"product_id":"a4a-passenger-airline-cost-index-tables-revision-2025-4","title":"A4A Passenger Airline Cost Index Tables, Revision 2025.4","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"productDescriptionHeader\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA4A Quarterly Cost Index: U.S. Passenger Airlines A4A produces the Airline Cost Index to monitor trends in the cost of inputs (e.g., labor, fuel, food, aircraft ownership, airport landing fees, insurance, utilities, interest) to the provision of air service over time. The various indices also facilitate comparisons among the components themselves and between airline costs and broader economic indicators. Long-term cost trends are important determinants of airfares. While the Airline Cost Index includes cost per available seat mile (CASM), the traditional measure of airline unit operating costs, the index values themselves are the superior bellwethers of the price of inputs to production. CASM can mask the true cost of an input because it also reflects changes in productivity over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the current version of the cost index.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a sample table, please \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.airlines.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cost-Index-Tables-2015-4Q.zip\" title=\"A4A Passenger Airline Cost Index Table - Sample Table\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eclick here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"productDescriptionHeader\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"dataGrid\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"1\" id=\"ctl00_MainContent_dgRevisions\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"dgHead\" align=\"left\"\u003eRevision History\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd align=\"left\"\u003e2025.3, 2025.1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"dataGrid\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"1\" id=\"ctl00_MainContent_dgRelatedProducts\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"dgHead\"\u003eRelated Products\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"A4A Publications and Subscriptions","offers":[{"title":"Multi-User","offer_id":53777699569937,"sku":null,"price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/2550\/1969\/files\/genericProduct_a4a.png?v=1724856628","url":"https:\/\/publications.airlines.org\/products\/a4a-passenger-airline-cost-index-tables-revision-2025-4","provider":"A4A Publications","version":"1.0","type":"link"}