Survey Finds Travelers Returning To The Skies

An international survey by Sabre Virtually There (SVT) has found that travelers are becoming increasingly confident in taking to the air despite the terrorist crisis.

In the internet survey the company found that 73 percent of respondents plan to travel by air over the holiday period while 84 percent will fly in first quarter 2002.

SVT senior Vice President (Asia Pacific) Michael Baldwin said the survey showed since the events of September 11, people were returning to normal flying habits. "There seems to be a faster than expected return to normalcy," he said.

"It's still early days yet... but perhaps within three to six months we can see return to normal flying levels."

49 percent of respondents were most concerned about safety/security of air travel but 86 percent said their concern was not high enough not to travel by air.

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