It said travel demand to Europe, North America and South East Asia would help offset any impact of the 787 grounding.
As a result, airlines have been keen to increase their presence in the region in an attempt to tap into the growing travel demand.
The Indian middle class, which provides the majority of air travel demand, is forecast to grow by 200 million over the next 8 years.
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While Priceline continues to focus on leveraging higher travel demand from Asia, its expanding presence in Europe has been the driving force behind its strong growth.
With increase in travel demand, hotel chains are no longer as desperate to liquidate their inventory of hotel night stays through online travel agencies by offering highly discounted rates.
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In a self-serving speech to analysts last month, Carty, 53, complained about competitors who had the audacity to grow "more quickly than air travel demand"--thus taking away share points from other airlines.
Worries that an outbreak of a new bird-flu strain in China will stifle domestic air-travel demand sent shares of the nation's airlines falling sharply Friday, triggering a broader selloff in airline and travel stocks world-wide.
The idea is to introduce air travel on demand, using Web-based software to route small aircraft as needed.
As watch-lists multiply beyond the realms of intelligence and international travel, demand for such software is likely to grow.
Sales of highly profitable pickup trucks are tightly correlated with housing starts, while buoyant business travel boosts demand from car-rental firms.
The expression of that pent-up demand means more group travel and higher demand is pushing up hotel rates dramatically in some cases.
According to the 2012 American Express Business Travel Forecast, the demand in these countries is also leading to higher prices and fuelling new competition among travel suppliers.
Matters will deteriorate because the demand for travel is nowhere near to being sated.
Some articles end up on the websites of more conventional media, including USAToday, which runs travel tips produced by Demand Media.
The airport said the growth was driven by domestic services and the demand for travel to London in particular, while international traffic was in line with 2012.
With the U.S. economy rebounding and economies in some European countries struggling, U.S. travelers see opportunity and feel pent-up demand to travel farther than a drive to the beach after years of limiting their summer excursions.
"It's been a century since there was a new rail tunnel under the Hudson, and demand for travel between New Jersey and Manhattan is growing rapidly and quickly exceeding the capacity of existing transit infrastructure, " Mr. Bloomberg said on Wednesday through a spokeswoman.
Demand for domestic travel grew by 5.8%, while international traffic went up by 3.5%.
The government believes economic growth is the strongest driver of demand for air travel.
"The link between economic growth and demand for air travel is very clear, " he said.
The timing is great, say responsible tourism advocates, because demand for sustainable travel in Malaysia is on the rise.
Baker said he disagrees with the pervasive thinking that credit woes and subprime jitters will put demand for air travel in jeopardy.
The accident also comes as the travel industry is facing weak demand.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has posted an 83% plunge in profits amid higher fuel costs and a drop in demand for corporate travel.
Mulally said the estimate of 30, 000 jobs is "pretty firm" but could be less if the economy and demand for air travel pick up.
Brazil's largest airline TAM Linhas Aereas is looking to join with Chile's LAN as demand for air travel in Latin America continues to grow.
Weigman says the entertainment service will offer on-demand films, travel videos and short clips hosted from the terabyte-sized server that Aircell places on each plane.
The privately-held business-class airline is reportedly unprofitable, which would not be surprising given the record price of fuel and the decline in demand for air travel.
American literature may have been safely ensconced in Boston, but Twain, already in demand as a travel writer at 32, sailed to Europe and the Middle East.
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