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Analysts Expect Busiest Air Travel Season in Years

NPR

By Scott Horsley

Published November 23, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

This holiday season is expected to be the busiest in the airline industry since before Sept. 11. While passenger traffic has returned to its pre-Sept. 11 levels this year, airlines' finances have not. High-flying crude oil prices helped dash the industry's hopes for financial stability. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

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Scott Horsley

Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent. He reports on ups and downs in the national economy as well as fault lines between booming and busting communities.

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