COUNTYWIDE : March Passenger Traffic Dips 6.7% at John Wayne
Fewer travelers used John Wayne Airport in March than during the same month last year, according to a report Wednesday.
About 640,000 passengers traveled through the airport last month, a decrease of 6.7% from March 1997, airport officials said, citing bad weather and lack of air-fare competition as likely factors.
Pat Markley, chief of public relations at the airport, said the numbers show normal fluctuations in passenger traffic.
“It is not a big enough decline to cause concern,” Markley said. “It is hard to draw a conclusion.
“There have not been as many bargain rates this year, and people are less likely to visit with El Nino weather,” Markley said.
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