Travel Forecast & Intelligence

Passenger Traffic Falls at DIA; First Monthly Drop in Two Years
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/07/passenger-traffic-falls-dia-first-monthly-drop-two/

Most Airlines Face Q109 Quarter of Red (1/8/09)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200901081517DOWJONESDJONLINE000891_FORTUNE5.htm

USA Today: March Schedule Shows Domestic Capacity -8.6%
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/airline-capacity-map.htm

Virgin America Remains Afloat During Tough 1st Year (12/22/08)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/23/BUK714QV24.DTL&tsp=1

Drop in Oil Prices Could Save Southwest $1.4 billion in 2009 (12/24/08)
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1110405.html

A Look Back at 2008: Aloho, ATA, Eos, Skybus, Big Sky, Air Midwest Dissappear (12/23/08)
http://atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=15106

Travel Industry Association Projects 1.3% decline in 2009 Leisure Travel (also, leisure and hospitality industry lost 1.3 million jobs in '08)...(12/28/08)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-insider-borcover-1228_rq_tdec28,0,2444681.story

2009 Questionable Future for Airline Industry (12/30/08)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/airlines/stories/123008dnbusairoutlook_bus.31aef09.html

Pittsburgh International Airport Passenger Traffic at 16-Year Low (12/30/08)
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_604939.html

International Airlines Cargo -13.5% and Passenger -4.6% in November (12/30/08)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUKTRE4BT2AB20081230?sp=true

Overseas Visitors to Decline 3% in 2009 (12/11/08)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/10/AR2008121003576.html

United is Grounding 100 Airplanes, about 20% of its Fleet (12/4/08)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-thu-united-layoff-uauadec04,0,426943.story

Delta 2009 Systemwide Capacity to delince 6 to 8% (12/2/08)
http://news.delta.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=11190

Reduced passenger demand push ticket airfares lower (11/26/08)
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-11-26-airfares-dropping_N.htm?csp=34

Slower business travel threatens industry turnaround (11/24/08)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon-biz-travel-down-nov24,0,1267358.story

Delta to trim 2009 domestic and international capacity (11/21/08)
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-11-21-delta-outlook_N.htm

Airlines could cut more flights in 2009 (11/11/08)
USAToday - More Cuts

Holiday 2008 Travel Cutbacks (11/11/08)
  http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/holiday-flight-schedules.htm

September 11, 2008 The Associated Press

US airline passenger numbers drop in first half

 

September 11, 2008 The Street.com

Airlines, Hotels Clash Over Vegas Airport