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August TIA passenger traffic sees smallest drop in 17 months

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By TED JACKOVICS | The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 15, 2009

Updated: 09/15/2009 01:37 pm

TAMPA - Passenger traffic at Tampa International Airport declined 1.7 percent in August compared with a year ago, the best showing in the past 17 months as the recession's toll on business and leisure travel appears to be receding.

The airport today reported 692,022 departing passengers in August, with about the same number estimated to have flown into Tampa International last month.

The August report shows that large reductions in travel are starting to slow down, airport director Louis Miller said.

"With September being the slowest month of the year, I would estimate that our total passenger enplanements for fiscal 2008-09 will be approximately 9 percent less than fiscal 2008-09," Miller said in a report to the airlines.

Southwest Airlines remained the airport's busiest carrier in August, with 31.4 percent of the local market share, followed by Delta Air Lines at 12.1 percent, US Airways at 9.3 percent, American Airlines at 8.7 percent and Continental Airlines at 7.3 percent.

Reporter Ted Jackovics can be reached at (813) 259-7817.

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