Portland Jetport setting new summer records
The Portland International Jetport is setting new passenger records this summer, in part because of an overall increase in Maine tourists and airlines increasing their seating capacities.
The Portland Press Herald reported that the airport saw record passenger counts in May and June. In addition, July’s passenger count was the second-best to-date. So far this year, the number of passengers have increased by 2.3% over last year to 944,906.
Paul Bradbury, the airport’s general manager, told the newspaper that if this trend continues, 2016 could be on track to beat 2008’s record of 1.8 million passengers. He said the increase this year, which isn’t expected to exceed 2008’s record, is attributed to a general growth in Maine tourism and airlines increasing their seating capacities with larger aircraft.
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