Article: NOVEMBER 2008 AIRLINE TRAFFIC DATA: SYSTEM TRAFFIC DOWN 12.8 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER FROM 2007, DOWN 3.5 PERCENT FOR JANUARY-TO-NOVEMBER

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following press release:

The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines in November 2008 declined by 12.8 percent from November 2007, dropping by 7.9 million to 54.0 million in the largest decrease from the same month of the previous year since January 2002, the Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported (Table 1). November was the ninth consecutive month with a decrease in passengers from 2007.

BTS, a part of DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, in a release of preliminary data, ...

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