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Airline passengers queue for the Check-In desks as they await information on flight cancellations in Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport
Wednesday, Apr. 21, 2010

Open quoteFor an industry that lost $9.4 billion last year and was forecast to lose a further $2.8 billion in 2010, this crisis is devastating.Close quote

  • GIOVANNI BISIGNANI,
  • director general of the International Air Transport Association, saying flight disruptions related to the eruption of Iceland's volcano have cost airlines $1.7 billion
Photo: Adrian Dennis / AFP / Getty Images | Source: BBC