Air France-KLM says Paris attacks cost $76m in lost revenue

Air France-KLM SA on Monday said the Paris terror attacks in November cost the airline E70m in lost revenue. The Franco-Dutch operator said the commercial impact of the atrocity, which left 130 people dead and hundreds injured in the French capital, eased in the second half of the month with bookings back on the rise last month. “Booking trends in December were in line with a progressive recovery,” the company said. All the group’s airlines flew a total 6.72 million passengers in December, the same number as in December 2014. A return to normality at the group—whose operating units include Air France, KLM and Transavia—follows a sharp decline in air travel and hotel bookings in the aftermath of the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris which is one of the top five travel destinations in the world. Last month, Air France-KLM had estimated the cost of the consequences of the terror attacks at €50 million in November.<br/>