Passenger traffic declines in August at T.F. Green

PASSENGER TRAFFIC dropped slightly in August at T.F. Green Airport, with 51 fewer passengers compared with August 2014, R.I. Airport Corp. said Tuesday. / COURTESY R.I. AIRPORT CORPORATION
PASSENGER TRAFFIC dropped slightly in August at T.F. Green Airport, with 51 fewer passengers compared with August 2014, R.I. Airport Corp. said Tuesday. / COURTESY R.I. AIRPORT CORPORATION

WARWICK – Passenger traffic dropped slightly in August at T.F. Green Airport, with 51 fewer passengers compared with August 2014, R.I. Airport Corp. said Tuesday.
There were 332,195 passengers in August, a 0.02 percent decline compared with 332,246 during the prior-year period.
For the first eight months of the year, passenger traffic fell 1.2 percent to 2,364,789 compared with the same period last year, the airport said.
Among the major carriers, Southwest Airlines held the largest market share at 43 percent in August, but experienced a 2.6 percent drop year over year in passengers, to 144,334 from 148,109.
U.S. Airways had the next-largest market share at 22.3 percent, but also saw traffic fall 2.7 percent to 74,133 from 76,162.
Delta Airlines, with a 13.8 percent market share, was the only carrier to report a year-over-year passenger increase. Its traffic count rose 1.6 percent to 45,837 from 45,128.
United Airlines had a 10.2 percent market share, and its passenger count fell 0.5 percent to 33,723 from 33,890. JetBlue Airways, with 7.3 percent of the market, declined 2.4 percent to 24,170 from 24,769.
Cabo Verde Airlines had 2,910 passengers in August, its third month of operation. Since June, 9,361 passengers have flown on the airline to Cape Verde.
Condor Airlines, which also launched service from T.F. Green in June, had 3,924 passengers in August and 9,190 passengers year to date. Condor flies to Frankfurt.
Cargo decreased 9.2 percent year over year to 2,174,981 lbs. in August, and also declined 0.7 percent year to date to 17,102,152 lbs. from 17,223,723 lbs. during the same period last year.

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