The central Asian route, however, does not extend all the way into Europe.

Traffic on Asian routes has fallen by about 60 percent.

They are looking at a major strike, and important Asian routes have been hurt by the economic crisis in the region.

I think the airline and fumigation came together, one of those Asian routes.

I hope they concentrate on building up their Asian routes now....

If European and Asian routes are the highways of international aviation, Latin America has long been merely a side street.

Each has 20 percent or more of its seating capacity on Asian routes.

The company attributed the plunge to the world economic slowdown and weak demand, particularly on its Asian routes, for first- and business-class seats.

But in revenue, Asian and European routes will remain larger than Latin America's.

Northwest Airlines has 26 percent of its capacity on Asian routes, but it has not announced any cutbacks.