Thu, Dec 11, 2008
September Saw Steepest Monthly Drop Since August '02
The
number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on US
airlines during September 2008 declined by 8.4 percent from
September 2007, dropping by 5 million to 54.2 million, in the
seventh consecutive monthly decline from the same month of the
previous year and the largest percentage monthly decrease since
August 2002, the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Thursday.
BTS reported the number of domestic passengers decreased 8.9
percent in September from a year earlier, the steepest monthly
decrease for domestic passengers since August 2002. International
passengers decreased 5.0 percent, the first monthly year-to-year
decrease in international passengers since August 2003.
For the first nine months of 2008, the number of scheduled
domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines declined by
2.1 percent from the same period in 2007, dropping to 570.4
million, 12.3 million fewer than a year earlier
US airlines carried 2.8 percent fewer domestic passengers and
3.2 percent more international passengers in the first nine months
of 2008 than during the same period in 2007. The combined domestic
and international system load factor of 80.1 percent for January
through September was down 0.6 load factor points from last
year’s record for the nine-month period.
Southwest Airlines carried more total system and more domestic
passengers for the first nine months than any other US airline,
while American Airlines carried more international passengers than
any other US carrier. Atlanta was home to the busiest airport for
domestic travelers, while more international passengers left from
Miami than any other airport.
US carriers operated 7.8 million domestic and international
flights in the first nine months of 2008, 3.1 percent fewer than
were operated during the same period in 2007. Domestic flights
decreased 3.4 percent from the previous year while international
flights were down 0.3 percent.
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