Airport traffic down in April
Nearly 10 percent fewer travelers compared to last year
During the month of April, nearly 835,000 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport, a decrease of 9.8 percent compared to April 2007. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is down 4.4 percent over the same period last year.
The traffic leader for the month of April was JetBlue with 109,872 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were Air- Tran (101,604), Delta (98,199), US Airways (89,035) and Continental (80,962).
At Southwest Florida International Airport, there were 9,305 aircraft movements (takeoffs and landings) recorded, a decrease of 8.6 percent over April 2007. Page Field General Aviation Airport saw 7,023 movements. In addition, nearly 2.6 million pounds of air freight moved through both airports in April 2008.
Southwest Florida International Airport served more than 8 million passengers in 2007 and is one of the top 50 busiest U.S. airports. For more information, log onto www.flylcpa.com.
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