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Asia-Pacific air travel off to solid start this year

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Asia-Pacific air travel off to solid start this year

Air travel in the Asia-Pacific region is off to a solid start this year, with passenger traffic growing 4.9 percent in the first two months despite high oil prices, an industry group said Friday.

The Kuala Lumpur-based Association of Asia Pacific Airlines said its 17 member airlines flew a total 21.246 million passengers in January and February, up from 20,262 million in the same period in 2004.

In January, passenger traffic surged 6.4 from a year ago to 11.08 million but growth eased in February to 4.9 percent on-year to 10.166 million.

For the two months, freight traffic expanded at an even faster rate of 5.3 percent, it said.

“The combined results for January and February indicate a solid start to the year, with 4.9 percent growth in the number of international passengers being carried by AAPA airlines,'’ association director-general Andrew Herdman said in a statement.

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