Monday, June 15, 2009
Brasilia - A total of 49 bodies had so far been recovered from the Air France passenger plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean nearly two weeks ago, the Brazilian navy said on Sunday.
Six more bodies had been picked up at sea by the French navy ship Mistral, Brazilian military spokesman General Ramon Cardoso said at a press conference in Recife.
The Brazilian side had revised the number of recovered corpses from previously declared 44 to 43 before the new findings.
General Cardoso said the search will continue until there is no hope to recover any more remains of the victims.
Meanwhile, no progress was made on forensic analysis in Recife, as none of the bodies sent there has been identified so far.
The identification work might stretch for two months, said French ambassador to Brazil Pierre-Jean Vandoorne.
The Air France Flight 447 went down over the Atlantic Ocean on the night from 31 May to 1 June with 228 people on board. - BuaNews-Xinhua
Six more bodies had been picked up at sea by the French navy ship Mistral, Brazilian military spokesman General Ramon Cardoso said at a press conference in Recife.
The Brazilian side had revised the number of recovered corpses from previously declared 44 to 43 before the new findings.
General Cardoso said the search will continue until there is no hope to recover any more remains of the victims.
Meanwhile, no progress was made on forensic analysis in Recife, as none of the bodies sent there has been identified so far.
The identification work might stretch for two months, said French ambassador to Brazil Pierre-Jean Vandoorne.
The Air France Flight 447 went down over the Atlantic Ocean on the night from 31 May to 1 June with 228 people on board. - BuaNews-Xinhua
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
March 2009 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 9.1 Percent in March from 2008 and Down 10.3 Percent for January-to-March
Thursday, June 11, 2009- The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines in March 2009 declined by 9.1 percent from March 2008, dropping by 6.1 million to 61.0 million the Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported. March was the 13th consecutive month with a decrease in passengers from the prior year.
BTS, a part of DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, in a release of preliminary data, reported that U.S. airlines carried 8.6 percent fewer domestic passengers than in March 2008. International passengers on U.S. carriers decreased 12.3 percent, the largest year-to-year decline since December 2001.
For the first three months of 2009, the number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines declined by 10.3 percent from the same period in 2008, dropping to 162.6 million, 18.7 million fewer than a year earlier.
U.S. airlines carried 10.4 percent fewer domestic passengers and 10.0 percent less international passengers in the first three months of 2009 than during the same period in 2008.
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Southwest Airlines carried more total system and more domestic passengers for the first three months than any other U.S. airline. American Airlines carried more international passengers than any other U.S. carrier.
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More total system and domestic passengers boarded planes in the first three months at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International than at any other U.S. airport and more international passengers boarded U.S. carriers at Miami International than at any other U.S. airport.
Flights Operated
U.S. carriers operated 2.3 million domestic and international flights in the first three months of 2009, 8.7 percent fewer than were operated during the same period in 2008. Domestic flights decreased 9.0 percent from the previous year while international flights were down 6.1 percent.
In March, U.S. airlines operated 818,000 scheduled domestic and international flights, down 6.5 percent from the number of flights operated in March 2008. The number of domestic flights decreased 6.6 percent in March from a year earlier while international flights were down 5.6 percent.
BTS, a part of DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, in a release of preliminary data, reported that U.S. airlines carried 8.6 percent fewer domestic passengers than in March 2008. International passengers on U.S. carriers decreased 12.3 percent, the largest year-to-year decline since December 2001.
For the first three months of 2009, the number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines declined by 10.3 percent from the same period in 2008, dropping to 162.6 million, 18.7 million fewer than a year earlier.
U.S. airlines carried 10.4 percent fewer domestic passengers and 10.0 percent less international passengers in the first three months of 2009 than during the same period in 2008.
Top Airlines
Southwest Airlines carried more total system and more domestic passengers for the first three months than any other U.S. airline. American Airlines carried more international passengers than any other U.S. carrier.
Top Airports
More total system and domestic passengers boarded planes in the first three months at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International than at any other U.S. airport and more international passengers boarded U.S. carriers at Miami International than at any other U.S. airport.
Flights Operated
U.S. carriers operated 2.3 million domestic and international flights in the first three months of 2009, 8.7 percent fewer than were operated during the same period in 2008. Domestic flights decreased 9.0 percent from the previous year while international flights were down 6.1 percent.
In March, U.S. airlines operated 818,000 scheduled domestic and international flights, down 6.5 percent from the number of flights operated in March 2008. The number of domestic flights decreased 6.6 percent in March from a year earlier while international flights were down 5.6 percent.
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