County to consider reduction is allowed seats at JWA
Posted by: Len Kranser | 01/09/2008 8:47 PM
The El Toro Info Site reports that at the January 15 Board of Supervisors meeting, John Wayne Airport Manager Alan Murphy will recommend lower seat allocations to air carriers for the airport's coming year.
The county's agreement with Newport Beach limits the airport to serving 10.3 million annual passengers (MAP). To stay well within the MAP cap, the proposal to the Board cuts more than 300,000 seats from what the supervisors approved for the current year. It is for 600,000 fewer seats than requested by air carriers.
The website reviews the seat allocations and results for the past 5 years during which the airport has not operated at the full level of service permitted by the Newport Beach agreement.

