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Nov. 20, 2009
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McCarran passenger traffic falls 1.3 percent in October

By HOWARD STUTZ
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Passenger counts at McCarran International Airport fell 1.3 percent in October. More than 3.51 million passengers came through McCarran during the month, compared with more than 3.56 million passengers in the same month a year ago.

For the first 10 months of 2009, McCarran has seen passenger counts fall 9.4 percent over the period in 2008. Overall, McCarran has served more than 34.1 million passengers through October, compared with almost 37.7 million passengers for the first 10 months of last year.

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    • Southwest Airlines, McCarran’s busiest air carrier, saw its passenger count increase 3.2 percent in October. Consequently, US Airway, the airport’s No. 2 airline, saw its passenger counts fall 31.4 percent in the month.

    In October, US Airways announced it cutting its to and from Las Vegas by nearly half starting in February as part of an overall realignment by the Tempe, Ariz.-based carrier. The announcement was the second time in two years US Airways said it was cutting service in Las Vegas.

    United Airlines and Delta Airlines both saw their passenger counts fall roughly 6 percent in October, but American Airlines, McCarran’s No. 5-ranked airlines, recorded a 7.7 percent increase in flyers during the month. McCarran has seen just one monthly passenger increase since October 2007.

    Contact reporter Howard Stutz at hstutz@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3871.

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    butcher wrote on November 20, 2009 07:36 PM: Good numbers for a desert city in the middle of a bigger desert.


    Raise Taxes More LOL wrote on November 20, 2009 05:17 PM: Hey, why don't you raise taxes even higher on tourists. Maybe Nov. decline can beat Oct's decline. LOL


    Thugs wrote on November 20, 2009 04:12 PM: The only people caoming to Vegas are ganster thugs. It's thw white man's fault for bringing them here in the first place


    mike g wrote on November 20, 2009 03:33 PM: Mr. Stutz,

    I hope that you realize that October was about the last month of 2008 before the "free-fall" began. I hope you don't report only the year to year comparisons going forward. The most correct thing would be to include the year to year AND the change from the previous month. This will tell us which direction we are truly going. Thanks