Spokane International sets record for passenger, cargo volumes

 

Last updated 1/25/2018 at 11:34am



Spokane International Airport announced that 2017 established new record totals for passengers and air cargo activity.

According to a Jan. 23 news release, passenger count totaled 3,550,912, exceeding the previous record of 3,472,901 reached in 2007. Air cargo totaled 72,376.3 tons, or 144,752,600 pounds in 2017, exceeding the previous record of 69,217.6 tons set in 2015. 

Airport officials attributed the passenger record to investments by American, Southwest and United Airlines in new nonstop service between Spokane and San Diego, Chicago O’Hare, San Francisco, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Sacramento. The increase in passengers is a strong indicator of market demand for travel between the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene region to California, the Midwest, and south central United States.

“We sincerely appreciate the investment made by our airline partners in opening up more efficient nonstop service to cities that are important to our business and leisure activity markets,” Spokane Airport Board chair Nancy Vorhees said in the release. “In addition to the new nonstop service, our network performed well in city pairs that the airlines have served historically.”

Vorhees also attributed the increase in cargo to the “effects of e-commerce and changing consumer buying habits have led to the increase in freight handled at Spokane International Airport.” She added that the airport is anticipating new nonstop service to San Jose by Southwest Airlines starting on April 8 and the return of Frontier Airlines to the Spokane market with Denver service starting on April 30.

 

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