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« Mobster Marrapese set to be released after 1 p.m. | Today | Iway exit changes will affect traffic flow » May 21, 2008Green traffic down for April and 2008Passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport declined in April and during the first four months of 2008, compared to similar periods last year, according to statistics released today by the Rhode Island Airport Corporation. There were 412,471 passengers at Green in April, off .4 percent from April 2007. For January, February, March and April, 1.50 million passengers used Green. That’s down 1.1 percent from the 1.52 million passengers in the first four months last year. Southwest Airlines remained the biggest carrier at Green, with 52.4 percent of all passengers at the airport in April. U.S. Airways was the second biggest carrier with 21 percent of all passengers. No other carrier has more than 7 percent. Posted by Peter Phipps CommentsDan | May 21, 2008 4:36 PM link I just got back from the RIAC board meeting. The new president of RIAC is dealing with the day-to-day problems quite nicely. However, he announced that this year's bond issue will be $30 million. He failed to tell the board that he was seeking another $60 million that apparently fell through the cracks. He also announced that RIAC has lost non-stop service to Pittsburgh, once a very, very popular non-stop end point. There is no way that RIAC will be able to raise the $350 million needed for the runway to the West Coast when it cannot raise $60 million for existing projects. RIAC needs to get real in these times of airline trouble and spruce up what it already has. Richard | May 21, 2008 6:10 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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TF Green needs the longer runways and better customer service for departing passengers (the drop off area outside is like a pit stop at the Indy 500!) With the turmoil in the airline industry caused by galloping fuel prices, we don't need a fancy train station linked to Green, we need better access including a cellphone area like Logan.
We just flew JetBlue for the first time from Logan since Southwest will not take pets and what a prize getting JetBlue into Green would be for the state. Incentive? Longer Runways for Coast to Coast flights.