Airlines See Passenger, Cargo Fall Last Month
World airlines saw a drop of 17% in passengers flying scheduled international flights in September and a fall of 9% in freight carried, the global industry body International Air Transport Assn. said.
The Geneva-based association said the decline against the same month last year was the largest since immediately after the Gulf War in 1991.
The figures confirmed the effects on travel of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the association said.
The association, which represents about 270 airlines around the globe, said the decline had dropped overall passenger growth in the first nine months of this year to zero.
Worst hit was North America, where passenger and freight traffic combined dropped more than 30% in September. On average, the association said, European and Far Eastern carriers saw a 12% fall in passengers.
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