Airlines Industry News & Updates

U.S. Carriers Report Double-Digit Increases in March Passenger Revenues Airlines, struggling with another crisis, the cloud of ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which shut down European skies, did have some good news. The Air Transport Association reported passenger revenues, based on data from nine major U.S. carriers, were up 15 percent in March, [...]

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International Premium Travel Sees First Uptick in Nearly Two Years The International Air Transport Association reported that international premium travel was up 1.7 percent in December 2009 over a year earlier. That’s the first increase since May 2008. Economy travel was up five percent over a year earlier. The recession [...]

Airlines and Security Updates for May

Air Travel Demand Falls Fifth Month in a Row
The Air Transport Association of America reported that passenger revenue fell 23 percent in March 2009 versus the same month in 2008 – the fifth consecutive month in which passenger revenue has fallen from the prior year.
March passenger traffic on U.S. airlines fell by 10 [...]

Business travel & Delta Northwest Merger News

North American Carriers Are Single Bright Spot in Dismal Global Aviation Market
The International Air Transport Association revised its outlook for global aviation last month, forecasting $4.7 billion loss for 2009, a bigger loss than the $2.5 billion it projected in December. But it said that North American carriers were doing the best and forecasting a $100 million combined profit [...]

Airlines News and Updates

Global Air Travel Keeps Falling
IATA (the International Air Travel Association) said that global air travel dropped for the second month in a row, with international passenger traffic down 1.3 percent compared to October 2007. That was a smaller decline than September’s 2.9 percent drop.

North American traffic declined 0.8 percent; Asia Pacific traffic was down 6.1 [...]