A total of 5,860 adult (over 18) Americans were surveyed to measure the prevalence of fear of flying and its impact on airline revenues. It was found that 17 percent of the adult population describe themselves as being afraid of flying and that these people on the average make only one-third as many trips on commercial aircraft as those who have no fear. It was estimated that fear of flying costs the U.S. air travel industry 21 million one-way trips per year, equivalent to an annual revenue loss of $1.6-billion.
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