The ups and downs of U.S. airline traffic serve as a good gauge of where the whole U.S. economy is heading. And airline executives can firm up their forecasts for the year when they see the traffic figures for Maythe month the first big wave of vacationers hits the ticket counters. Having just received last May's figures, some airmen have revised their forecasts for 1973 slightly downward. Though volume continued to climb, for many lines the latest gain was smaller than in May 1972. Following are the total May traffic figures for all eleven...
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