In more bad news for Boeing and Airbus, international passenger traffic declined for the fifth straight month in January. Traffic was down 5.6 percent for the month, according to a research report by UBS Securities.
International traffic decline was led by Asia, which was down 8.4 percent, followed by North America with 6.2 percent and Europe, which was down 5.7 percent, UBS said.
International cargo traffic was down 23 percent in January, the eighth consecutive decline.
