Passenger Traffic Falls 12% in 8 Months at Biggest Greek Airport
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Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport SA dropped 12 percent in the first eight months of the year as Europe’s economic crisis continued to hurt spending on travel.
The number of people passing through the country’s biggest airport fell to 8.9 million in the eight months through Aug. 31 from 10.1 million in the same period a year earlier, according to a statement posted on the airport’s website. International passenger traffic declined 13 percent to 5.8 million and domestic travelers were down 8.7 percent to 3.1 million.