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PRESS RELEASES FROM 2009

January

BTS Releases November Passenger Airline Employment Data; November 2008 Employment Down 6.5 Percent from November 2007 (01/16/09)

October 2008 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 7.1 Percent in October from 2007 and Down 2.6 Percent for January-to-October (01/15/09)

North American Transborder Freight Data Press Releases (01/08/09)

Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 1.4 Percent in November from October (01/14/09)

October 2008 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 7.1 Percent in October from 2007 and Down 2.6 Percent for January-to-October (01/15/09)

 

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