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Article: Airline News - North America.
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- Airguide Online
- Article date:
- July 6, 2009
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Jul 5, 2009
Travel on newly downsized U.S. airlines will be as cramped as ever this holiday weekend, despite sharp declines in passenger traffic during the economic recession, experts said on Wednesday. Carriers are expecting planes on domestic routes to be more than 90 percent full on the days surrounding U.S. Independence Day on July 4. Load factors are the percent of airplane seats filled. "The last several days this week we've seen load factors in the high 80s and starting today through July 3 we expect to see domestic load factors in the low 90s," Smith said. Jul 1, 2009
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