Contact: Beckie McKinley
Marketing Director
Tri-State Airport Authority
304-453-6165 ext. 15
bmckinley@tristateairport.com
Airport Reports Another Banner Month for Boardings
Huntington, WV---- For the second straight month over 10,000 passengers departed from Huntington Tri-State Airport, representing the highest monthly boardings in at least twenty years, according to reports released Thursday during the monthly meeting of the Tri-State Airport Authority.
Over 10,900 travelers departed from the airport in July 2009—a 31 percent increase compared to the same month in 2008. Year-to-date boardings (62,160) are up 21% compared to the first 7 months of 2008 (51,227).
Allegiant Air, which provides non-stop, low fare service to Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, St. Petersburg/Clearwater, and Myrtle Beach, carried 62% of the airport’s passengers in July, and posted a 39% increase over July 2008. The numbers were further boosted by Delta Air Lines, posting a 68 percent increase in boardings over the same month last year. Delta added a third flight to Cincinnati in July, which contributed significantly to the strong increase. Charlotte service on US Airways remained relatively constant.
