Southwest Airlines drives all-time record at BWI
BWI sets travel record in July
Posted: 09/08/2010
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport has set an all-time monthly passenger
record when more than 2.17 million travelers passed through in July.
The record announced Wednesday was driven largely by Southwest Airlines. Airport officials say it's the largest airline at the airport and served more than 1.17 million passengers in July.
That's an 11 percent increase over July 2009. Gov. Martin O'Malley says the milestone shows this is a strong
and growing market for travel.
AirTran Airways is the second leading carrier at BWI. It counted nearly 384,000 passengers in July, an increase of 3.8 percent.
Passenger traffic at BWI has increased for 13 of the past 14 months. The previous record was set in August 2001 before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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