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%.
True, and a 6.5% reduction in overall traffic doesn't mean that all routes into and out of ATH are evenly down by 6.5%. Presumably some routes are more affected than others. And presumably KLM didn't make this decision lightly, or without valid reasons.
But it seems as if the fall in traffic is accelerating. That article states that traffic (both domestic and international) was down 11% in December 2011.