Airlines
Air France-KLM sees drop in passenger numbers
Monday, 9 November 2009 12:46Passenger numbers at Air France-KLM, Europe's biggest airline, dropped for the tenth month in a row in October, new data showed today, as the economic crisis hits travellers' pockets.
Passengers numbers were down 4.1% on a 12-month comparison, while cargo activity plunged 19.1% compared to the same month in 2008.
The figures were worse than in September, when passenger traffic dropped by a yearly 3.7% and cargo traffic fell 17.2%.
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The biggest drop in passenger numbers was registered in Europe, followed by Asia and North America. The decline was less marked on Caribbean/ Indian Ocean routes and on the Africa and Middle East network.
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