June 18, 2010
Joanne Magley
Community Information Manager
Traffic increases 13 percent
in May at Daytona Beach International Airport
Passenger traffic at Daytona Beach
International Airport increased 13 percent in May compared with May
2009. Over the past seven months, beginning in November 2009, passenger
traffic has increased an average of 10 percent per month over the same
period last year.
The Volusia County-operated airport
recorded 47,394 incoming and outgoing passengers during May. This
compares to the 41,795 travelers recorded in May last year. For the
12-month period ending May 31, passenger traffic declined 2 percent from
455,401 passengers last year to 445,798 passengers this year. For this
May passenger loads for U.S Airways and Delta Air Lines increased from
86 percent in May 2009 to 87 percent last month.
During early June, airport staff
attended the Airports Council International (ACI) Marketing and
Communications Conference and Jumpstart event in San Diego. Joining 400
other airport representatives from across the country, staff met with
route planners from eight airlines to discuss new service from Daytona
Beach. “Daytona Beach International Airport was well received and
encouraged during recent discussions with airline route planners in San
Diego and we will be continuing follow up discussions with several over
the summer,” said Steve Cooke, the airport’s director of business
development.
For further information, please contact
Stephen J. Cooke, Director of Business Development at (386) 248-8030,
ext. 8309.