Passenger Traffic Down Overall at Pittsburgh Airport
PITTSBURGH -- Four airlines reported an increase in the number of passengers at Pittsburgh International Airport in February compared to February 2012. A total of 536,705 scheduled passengers arrived and departed the airport during the month, a 2.6% decrease compared to February 2012.
The dip in traffic was directly attributed to February having one fewer day this year than last, a leap year, according to the February 2013 Scheduled Airline Traffic Report prepared by the Allegheny County Airport Authority. The daily passenger average for February was 19,168, while the daily passenger average for February 2012 was 19,007. That means on a per day basis, traffic rose 0.9%.
Airlines that showed increases in traffic were United (87,115/84,774; 2.8%), AirTran (64,770/58,359; 11%), American (44,080/42,928; 2.7%), and Air Canada (2,649/2,557; 3.6%).
Airlines that reported decreases were US Airways (145,252/151,758; -4.3%); Southwest (91,351/100,322; -8.9%); Delta (87,865/93,674; -6.2%), and JetBlue (13,359/16,859; -20.8%).
Year-to-date scheduled passenger statistics show traffic is down 0.8% (1,092,683 versus 1,100,963 for the first two months of 2012.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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