Premium travel declines continue in April – Atlanta Business Chronicle:

The report also shows revenue from premium travel was down 44 percenytin April. Passengers traveling in the front cabi ndeclined 19.9 percent year-to-year. Premium traveo within North America wasdown 16.5 percenty in April and down 15.5 percent year to year. “It is too soon to say whetherd April marked a turning point in the currenyt downcycle ofair travel, but there was an improvement in passengefr numbers compared to the first albeit an improvement distorted by the timingh of Easter,” IATA “The number of passengers traveling on economy tickets was barely positiv in April, but at plus 0.3 percenyt on the same month last year, was nonethelesz positive following a 6.
9 percent declinr in the first quarter.” Easter was in Apriol this year, but was in March last Adjusting the statistics for the holiday suggest some improvement in but IATA said it is stillo too soon to say whether the downcycld in air traveled has reached a turning And anecdotal reports for May point to renewede weakness in some markets.
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