OIA Reports 3.3 % Drop in Traffic

[CanadianGuy]

OIA confirms June traffic drop
posted by Jason Garcia on Jul 31, 2008 12:16:53 PM

Orlando International Airport confirmed today that passenger traffic dropped 3.3 percent in June when compared with the same month a year ago.

It's the worst drop at the airport since October 2004 -- nearly four years ago -- when passenger counts plunged 6.2 percent in the midst of a chaotic hurricane season. This drop comes with airlines reducing flights and raising fares and the national economy sputtering.

OIA's June 2008 numbers were dragged down by domestic travel, which slumped 4 percent for the month to about 2.9 million passengers. International traffic fared much better, rising 9.3 percent to 184,000 travelers on the strength of a weak U.S. dollar and service from Lufthansa and Aer Lingus that only began last fall.

For the first half of the year, domestic travel was up 2.4 percent to 17.9 million passengers. International traffic was up 23.1 percent to 1.4 million.

 

[DisOrBust]

I'm surprised it wasn't worse.

 

[rebecca06261]

I would think that the decline is a mere reflection of the percentage of flights that have been reduced. Spirit cut out most all of their direct flights to Orlando, Delta cut their direct flights to Orlando by a small percentage... I don't think this has much to do with people not flying as it does available flights into MCO.

 

[CanadianGuy]

Flights were cut - because people weren't booking them.

Anyway you slice it.. 105,000 fewer bodies passed thru OIA... (after allowing for the 16 -18,000 increase in international traffic.