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AirTran lifting airport passenger numbers, lowering ticket prices
Flights out of the Charleston Interntional Airport have increased significantly since the late May addition of AirTran Airways, elating airport officials who worked for several years to lure the discount airline company, and riling competition among legacy carriers such as Delta.
“With AirTran here, prices have gone down again and the number of passengers has risen dramatically, so it is wonderful for everyone,” Charleston County Aviation Authority chairman David Jennings said Monday.
The airport authority recently posted enplanement figures through June, showing 111,100 outbound fliers last month, an increase of 10,788 passengers compared with May, and a 15,399 jump compared with April.
With figures expected to hold steady or grow, that means roughly 500 more people a day are either flying in or out of the airport.
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