Allegiant fuels passenger growth at Las Vegas airport
McCarran International Airport handled nearly 3.7 million passengers in March, say Airport officials in Las Vegas. That’s up 2.5% compared with the same month one year ago.
McCarran officials said Thursday that traffic at the primary airport servicing Sin City is up 3% through the first three months of the year.
Allegiant Air posted the largest year-over-year increase by percentage. Nearly 30% more passengers used the airline in Las Vegas in March compared with the same month last year.
Traffic for Southwest Airlines was flat. Southwest is the airport’s largest carrier. Traffic on US Airways flights was down more than 15%.
Officials say the airport handled 9.9 million passengers, combined, between January and March.
Source: USA TODAY. Travel
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