Fewer people are flying into and out of America than at this point last year, according to the International Air Transport Association.

据国际航空运输协会(International Air Transport Association)透露，与去年同期相比，飞入和飞离美国的人数有所减少。

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In 2009, intra-Asia Pacific travel eclipsed the number of travelers in North America as the world's largest aviation market, the International Air Transport Association said.

国际航空运输协会表示，2009年亚太区内出行人数已超北美的人数，成为全球最大的民航市场。

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Since 2000, reports the Air Transport Association of America, there's been a 21% drop in passenger volume for flights of 500 miles or less.

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"It's a matter of getting the contracting states around the table and acknowledging this is a serious issue: that the number of unruly passengers is on the rise and it needs to be decided how countries address this, " Steve Lott, former International Air Transport Association head of corporate communications in North America, told Orient Aviation magazine in 2010.

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