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Article: Airline Passengers 23 Percent Fewer
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- October 29, 2001
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BRAD FOSS, AP Business Writer
AP Online
10-29-2001
Airline Passengers 23 Percent Fewer
NEW YORK (AP) -- About 23 percent fewer people are flying compared with last year and the number of passengers returning to the skies six weeks after the terror attacks is apparently tapering off.
With just two days left in October, the industrywide load factor, or percentage of seats filled, is 64 percent, with international flights even less full than domestic ones, according to the major airlines' trade group, the Air Transport Association.
A year ago, the load factor was about 70 percent. However, since Sept. 11 carriers have reduced capacity by about 19 percent by flying fewer routes and smaller ...