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Old Posted Oct 16, 2008, 4:16 PM
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San Antonio fastest growing non hub Airport in the country through 2016

Just happened to come across this story....it was for the NO airport, but saw that it mentioned SATIA! This is good news considering SA is adding two new terminals! lol


NO airport third fastest-growing in nation | Print | E-mail
Only two other large non-hub airports, San Antonio, Texas, and Lexington, Ky., will grow faster than New Orleans' Louis Armstrong through 2016, according to a study by lead aviation consulting firm Boyd International. By Leslie Turk
Wednesday, October 15, 2008


Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is the third fastest growing airport in the United States. Only two other large non-hub airports, San Antonio, Texas, and Lexington, Ky., will grow faster through 2016, according to a study by lead aviation consulting firm Boyd International.

The number of passenger boardings at the airport (located in Kenner) is expected to climb 9.5 percent from 2008 to 2014. While airlines across the country are cutting back on air capacity to save money in a tight economy, the local airport -- still recovering the service it lost following Hurricane Katrina -- hasn't been as impacted by those cuts.

In the report, Boyd analyzed 147 airports with a focus on population, economic factors, airline service trends and extraordinary local factors.


I tried to find the actual study, but couldn't seem to find it on the Boyd Group website.
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