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Airfares remain low
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2014-03-03T10:00:00.000Z
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The price indices for transport and storage show the price development for the industries sea transport, road goods transport, transport and warehousing, air transport with passengers, postal and courier services and cargo handling.

Transport and storage, price indices, Q4 2013

An aggregation error during the 3rd and 4th quarters led to a marginal difference in the sub indices for storage and warehousing. New, corrected numbers are now available in StatBank.

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Airfares remain low

Ticket prices for air passenger transport fell by 8 per cent over the last year. Relative to the previous quarter, prices were fairly stable with a marginal decline of less than 1 per cent.

SPPI for transport and storage. 2010=100Published 3 March 2014
IndexChange in per cent
4th quarter 20133rd quarter 2013 - 4th quarter 20134th quarter 2012 - 4th quarter 2013
1Changes in the product mixture in the industry group postal services have as a result that the index for post and courier services is not directly comparable between the different quarters in 2012 and 2013.
Freight transport by road110.10.52.0
Sea transport......
Passenger air transport92.5-0.8-8.0
Storage and warehousing96.40.93.8
Cargo handling107.70.0-0.8
Postal and courier activities195.60.4-2.9

Source: Statistics Norway

The price index for air passenger transport ended at 92.5 in the 4th quarter of 2013. This is about the same as the previous quarter and the change from the 3rd to the 4th quarter of 2013 was the same as in 2012. Prices have declined by 8 per cent since the 4th quarter of 2012.

An upward trend for road freight transport

The total index for road freight transport went up 2.1 per cent from the 4th quarter of 2012 to the 4th quarter of 2013. The sub-index for transport of petroleum products increased the most, by 4.7 per cent, followed by the sub-index for mixed goods/container, which was up 3.1 per cent during the same period.

Rising prices for storage and warehousing, but cargo handling declines

Since the 4th quarter of 2012, the index for storage and warehousing increased by 3.8 per cent. The total index was up 0,9 per cent during the 3rd quarter of 2013 relative to the 4th quarter of 2013. Cargo handling declined by 0.8 per cent compared to the same quarter in the previous year. The index is at about the same level as the preceding quarter.