Atlassib's Carabulea expects 10% decline in transport business

Atlassib, specialising in international passenger transport, carried 130,000 passengers to foreign destinations in the first three months of this year, down 9% on the same time last year, according to Ilie Carabulea, the company’s majority shareholder. “The number of passengers carried on international routes fell from 145,000 at the beginning of last year to 130,000 passengers. A 10% turnover decline is expected this year against 2008 under the current market conditions, and amid a decline in passenger traffic,” Carabulea said. Atlassib ended last year with 283 million RON (66 million euros) in turnover, almost the same as in 2008, when the company posted 280 million RON (65 million euros) in revenues. The bulk of the turnover is accounted for by travel to Spain and Italy – almost 60% of the overall revenues, according to the majority shareholder. Last year saw the company carry almost 840,000 passengers on international routes, fewer than in 2007, when the company transported 850,000 passengers to Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Belgium and other international destinations.