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I need to get on this web site. Bad! hope this shit work. Holler at Joe Peoples. Segal. aiJliAirlines began reducing its ily jet flights from Raleigh- c mational Airport in 1994, a nt through the local business ommuty. Many said that without the c prestige and economic boost provided by r the American hub, Raleigh-Durham's rapid growth might grind to a halt. lj Like the report of Mark Twain's death, a the effect of this reduction was greatly ex- c aggerated. While American's daily jet de- t partures did drop from a peak of 128 in May s '91 to the current baseline service of 17, that gap increasingly has been filled by other t carriers eager to meet the region's growing a demand for air service. r "There's a huge misconception that a region's economic fate hs tied up in a single E airline," says Rick Martinez, public affairs E manager for the Raleigh-Durham Airport n Authority. "If an airlines goes, the demand e for senice doesn't go as well. People don't t come to Raleigh.Durham to fly American. f. Tney come here to do business or attend meetings or take a vacation, and that hasn't v changed." While the total number of passengers coming through RDU has decreased from a high of nine million to the current six and a half million as a result of American Airline's defection, that drop has had very little economic impact on the region, claims Martinez. "Nearly all of those two and a half million were people just stepping off one plane and stepping onto another," he says. "The only economic impact from that loss might be fewer slices of pizza and Duke and UNC tshirts sold on the airport concourse." In fact, notes Martinez, per-capita air traffic is higher in Raleigh-Durham than anywhere else in the U.S., which creates market opportunities too tempting to resist. "The amount of air service generated here is rery heavy for our population base," he says. "Because of the strong business climate, the universities and the region's generally upscale demographics, most of this traific is composed of sophisticated, highfrequency flyers." This pattern is expected to continue, with local demand for air service predicted to rise 10 percent in 1995.
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