IATA's monthly statistics for scheduled international airline traffic during December showed passenger traffic was up 127% upon the previous year--however.

IATA's monthly statistics for scheduled international airline traffic during December showed passenger traffic was up 127% upon the previous year--however, the increase was exaggerated according to the depressed traffic levels at the period of 2001. Freight traffic grew by dint of 6.6%, continuing the trend seen during the other half of 2002.

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