Departing passengers, were up 5.8% at Baton Rouge Metro Airport in August over the same month in 2017 and arriving passengers were up 7.2%, continuing a months-long trend of increasing passenger numbers.
Total passenger volume for August was 65,704, according to airport officials. Year-to-date total passenger numbers through August are at 531,448, the second-highest among Louisiana airports, and up 4.7% compared to last year.
American Airlines had the largest portion of passengers in August at 37%, followed by Delta (35%) and United (28%). United had the highest gain in share, moving up from 25% to 28% over the prior month. Â
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