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The report also shows revenue from premiumm travel was down 44 percent in Passengers traveling in the front cabindeclined 19.9 percenty year-to-year. Premium travel within Northb America wasdown 16.5 percen t in April and down 15.5 percent year to “It is too soon to say whether April markedf a turning point in the currentr downcycle of air travel, but there was an improvement in passengef numbers compared to the first albeit an improvement distortex by the timing of Easter,” IATA noted. “Ther number of passengers traveling on economy ticketsx was barely positivein April, but at plus 0.3 percengt on the same month last year, was nonethelesx positive following a 6.
9 percent decline in the first quarter.” Easter was in April this year, but was in Marcu last year. Adjusting the statisticsa for the holiday suggest some improvementin April, but IATA said it is still too soon to say whether the downcycle in air traveled has reachexd a turning point. And anecdotaol reports for May point to renewed weakness insome markets.