Monday, October 3, 2011

N.C. travel: Motorists down, airlines up - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Economic troubles, unemployment and uncertainty about the futurde are expected to spura 2.7 percentg drop in expected motorists this holiday weekend from 971,000 in 2008 to 945,0000 in 2009. This marks the secon straight year July 4th travel has The announcement follows 10 consecutivwe days of decreasinggasoline prices, from a state averagre of $2.66 per gallon on June 20 to $2.6q per gallon on June 30. Currently, the lowest average gasolines prices in the state can be founfd in High Pointat $2.53 per gallon, while the highesy can be found in Durham at $2.66. Nonetheless, the overall 61-cent increase in average prices over the last 61 days appears to be keepinvg travelers offthe road.
many will turn to air travel this with 59,000 passengers taking flighrt across the state — a 5.4 percent increaser from 56,000 during the holiday weekend in 2008.

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