Orlando International Airport has reported that its domestic passenger traffic declined 7.9 percent in August, but international traffic jumped 16 percent.
The airport recorded 2.975 million passengers during August, an overall 6.3 percent drop from the month before and the first time this year that passenger traffic fell below the three million mark. Poor economic conditions and airline service cuts were blamed for the decline.
During August, OIA registered 2.79 million domestic travelers, bringing the year’s total to nearly 23.6 million — a 0.29 increase over last year. There were 239,044 international travelers in August, bringing the year’s total to more than 1.87 million passengers, up 21.1 percent over last year.
The total number of passengers through August was 25.4 million, a 1.58 percent increase over the same period last year.
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