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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 5:52 am
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neflyer13
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Originally Posted by Xandrios
A 6.5% reduction does not quite warrant a 50% cut though. Plus the article outlines that the reduction is mostly domestic traffic due to the economic fall of Greece. International traffic, while less than before, only went down by 3%.

KLM flights to Athens have always been packed till the rim in the summer. So I am also quite baffled by the decision to cut 50% of the capacity at the end of spring, right at the moment the demand will grow a lot for the summer.
I agree that they are v. full in summer--and often in winter too. However the biz class sections always seem particularly empty....may impact profitability of flight...
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