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Wednesday, January 16, 2002

Airport Ends Year With a 5% Increase in Passengers

SIOUX CITY, IA - Barbara Sloniker, Director of Airport Marketing for the Sioux Gateway Airport/Col. Bud Day Field, announced today that the Airport ended 2001 with a 5% increase in total passengers compared to 2000. The overall increase comes in spite of decreases in passenger traffic since the terrorist attacks in September. The Airport recorded a 23% decrease in passenger traffic for December, 2001 as compared to December of 2000.

“While passenger traffic is coming back, it is returning at a slower rate then we had hoped,” said Sloniker. “Obviously, the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the slowdown in the economy have impacted the entire air travel industry.”

“I think we really see the importance of the first eight months of the year where we were 24% ahead of 2000,” said Glenn S. Januska, Airport Director. “The positive news is we showed a good healthy increase overall for the year. We hope to be able to build upon that for 2002, although a lot of it continues to be economy driven.”


Wednesday, January 16, 2002 Airport Ends Year With a 5% Increase in Passengers SIOUX CITY, IA - Barbara Sloniker, Director of Airport Marketing for the Sioux Gateway Airport/Col. Bud Day Field, announced today that the Airport ended 2001 with a 5% increase in total passengers compared to 2000. The overall increase comes in spite of decreases in passenger traffic since the terrorist attacks in September. The Airport recorded a 23% decrease in passenger traffic for December, 2001 as compared to December of 2000. “While passenger traffic is coming back, it is returning at a slower rate then we had hoped,” said Sloniker. “Obviously, the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the slowdown in the economy have impacted the entire air travel industry.” “I think we really see the importance of the first eight months of the year where we were 24% ahead of 2000,” said Glenn S. Januska, Airport Director. “The positive news is we showed a good healthy increase overall for the year. We hope to be able to build upon that for 2002, although a lot of it continues to be economy driven.”		« Current Press « July 2007 « November 2006 « October 2006 « June 2006 « May 2006 « April 2006 « March 2006 « February 2006 « January 2006 « December 2005 « November 2005 « October 2005 « September 2005 « August 2005 « July 2005 « June 2005 « May 2005 « August 2004 « July 2004 « June 2004 « May 2004 « October 2003 « August 2003 « July 2003 « December 2002 « November 2002 « October 2002 « July 2002 « March 2002 « January 2002 « December 2001 « November 2001 « October 2001 « September 2001 « August 2001 « July 2001 « June 2001 « May 2001 « April 2001 « March 2001 « February 2001 « RSS 1.0 « RSS 2.0 « RSS Atom FlightView^® Map
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