Air Transport Association Projects 6 Percent Drop in Passengers During Eight-Day Labor Day Holiday Travel Period | Daily news

Air Transport Association Projects 6 Percent Drop in Passengers During Eight-Day Labor Day Holiday Travel Period | Daily news: "Passengers Urged to Plan Ahead and Pack Patience

The Air Transport Association of America, (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, forecasts that 16 million passengers* will travel globally on U.S. airlines during the 2008 Labor Day holiday period, spanning Wed., Aug. 27 through Wed., Sept. 3. This is a decline of 5.7 percent from the 17 million passengers estimated to have traveled on U.S. airlines during the same period last year."