Source: Dayton Business Journal Author: 08/28/2008
Subject Concerned: Airlines Airport
The Dayton International Airport saw a 4.8 percent increase in passengers for the month of July, from the same time last year.
Year-to-date passenger traffic at the airport is up 3.5 percent.
July's increase continues consecutive passenger growth, dating back to February 2006.
AirTran Airways was the busiest carrier with 31,845 enplanements, a 18.5 percent increase fro July 2007. US Airways followed with 22,697 enplanements, a 12 percent increase from last July. Delta Air Lines dropped 0.5 percent to finish at 22,385.
Of the top 100 airports in country, Dayton International Airport ranks almost in the middle of the pack in ticket prices.
The Dayton International Airport slid in at No. 43 this year, with an average fare of US$337 per passenger in the first quarter, according to U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
That's a 2.9 percent drop from 2001, when the average was US$347. But it is a 3 percent hike from the first quarter in 2007, when the average was US$327.
The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, meanwhile, has the dubious distinction as highest-air-fare destination in the mainland United States. Cincinnati's average fare of US$535 was up from US$532 in the fourth quarter.
The Columbus Regional Airport Authority had the lowest average price of all area airports though, falling in at the No. 55 spot, with a US$323 average.