NEW YORK, July 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent events
have prompted some people to grow fearful of international flying.
A new poll, conducted for TheStreet (NASDAQ: TST) by
GfK1, shows that more than one third of Americans agree
that recent political turmoil has made them afraid to fly
internationally.
As a result of recent political turmoil:
- 36% said they are afraid to fly internationally
- Women were more likely to be afraid then men, with 42% of women
versus only 29% of men afraid to fly internationally
- Different age groups ranged in their response, with 38% of
those over 65 versus only 27% of those ages 18-35 afraid to fly
internationally
"Airlines expressed some concern about excess Transatlantic
capacity during recent earnings calls, but said that the capacity
growth is slated to slow in the winter. Based on the results from
TheStreet's new survey, it's possible that this growth could slow
even more quickly if fears continue to mount," said Ted Reed, TheStreet's Transportation
Reporter.
The full story from TheStreet is available online.
About the Survey
Methodology: OMNITEL is a weekly
national telephone omnibus service from GfK, a division of GfK
Custom Research North America. The sample for this OMNITEL wave
consists of 1,004 total completed interviews, of which
approximately 750 consist of landline telephone exchanges and about
250 are made up of cell phone exchanges. Interviews
were conducted from July 25-27,
2014. The margin of error on weighted data is +/- 3
percentage points for the full sample.
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1 OMNITEL poll by GfK North America, July 2014
CONTACT:
Emily Scheer
212.321.5521
Emily.Scheer@thestreet.com
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