JWA Air Traffic Slips
Posted by: Len Kranser | 02/11/2008 1:41 PM
In January, for the third month is a row, John Wayne airport passenger traffic dropped below that of the previous year.
As reported on the El Toro Info Site, the JWA decline runs counter to the pickup of air traffic seen at other airports in the region. It suggests that airport managers - and members of the Board of Supervisors who regularly approve management's recommendations - have been overzealous in applying an agreement negotiated with Newport Beach.
The Board rejected requests from Southwest Airlines to add capacity at Orange County in efforts to maintain a cushion below the agreed upon 10.3 million annual passenger (MAP) cap. Consequently, several hundred thousand flyers each year, who could be accommodated at JWA under the agreement, are forced to go elsewhere for their travel needs.
For the airport's upcoming plan year beginning March 31, the county further reduced the number of seats that air carriers could provide by 300,000 below this year's level.
As reported on the El Toro Info Site, the JWA decline runs counter to the pickup of air traffic seen at other airports in the region. It suggests that airport managers - and members of the Board of Supervisors who regularly approve management's recommendations - have been overzealous in applying an agreement negotiated with Newport Beach.
The Board rejected requests from Southwest Airlines to add capacity at Orange County in efforts to maintain a cushion below the agreed upon 10.3 million annual passenger (MAP) cap. Consequently, several hundred thousand flyers each year, who could be accommodated at JWA under the agreement, are forced to go elsewhere for their travel needs.
For the airport's upcoming plan year beginning March 31, the county further reduced the number of seats that air carriers could provide by 300,000 below this year's level.
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