Probably down in the passenger levels, she thought - who would pass up the chance to travel in this kind of luxury?

What should have taken at most a minute, from the fourth passenger level to the conductor's booth, seemed to take hours.

But passenger levels have fallen since the economic downturn and the Sept. 11 attacks, leaving room to expand service.

Plane Stupid asked why airports require minimum passenger levels in the first place.

Reaching the passenger level, he spotted the rest of the away team huddled around a computer terminal.

Airline executives said passenger levels were climbing again, particularly on international routes.

This has happened despite passenger levels that remain sharply lower than usual.

But lately they are trying to keep the security agency advised of passenger levels, on an airport-by-airport basis.

The two of them joined the slowly-moving crowd that pushed down the ramp to the passenger level.

We're going to have a behavioral shift among air travelers, but we see some restoration of passenger levels.