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Middle East Airlines Slowly Recover From Iran War as Global Air Travel Demand Falls in June, Says IATA
SOURCE: GULF NEWS, 7/30

Middle East airlines are slowly climbing out of the hole left by the Iran conflict, new figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show, even as global air travel demand fell for a third straight month in June.

Traffic carried by Middle Eastern carriers dropped 13.9 per cent year-on-year in June, a sharp improvement on the 28.8 per cent collapse recorded in May, IATA said in its monthly passenger market analysis report.

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