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U.S. carriers are
expected to fly 25.3 million passengers worldwide from Friday,
Nov. 20, through Tuesday, Dec. 1, up 3 percent from a year
earlier, Washington-based trade group Airlines for America said
on Thursday.
The group said airlines are adding flight capacity to match the
demand.
"As competition continues to boost schedules and drive down
airfares in 2015, customers are seeing more opportunities to fly
during the holiday season," the group's chief economist, John
Heimlich, said.
The 10 publicly traded U.S. airlines collectively earned $17.9
billion during the first nine months of 2015, with a 36-percent
decline in fuel costs more than offsetting flat operating
revenues, the group said.
(Reporting by Jeffrey Dastin in New York; Editing by Ken Wills)
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