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Airlines will carry 41 million fewer passengers this year

The nation’s airlines will carry 41 million fewer passengers this year, according to a new forecast, and the industry won’t begin to rebound until 2010 at the earliest.
The projection from the Boyd Group, an aviation consulting firm in Evergreen, Colo., predicted that the airline industry will take in $25 billion less through 2011, unless ticket prices are increased significantly. More... Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Flight Tracker: Track Any flight - Priority Bags: No More Lost Luggage