With Vaccinations Rising, Passenger Travel Picks Up At PTI by April Laissle
2:04pm May 05, 2021 A year ago, PTI was seeing about 2% of its normal passenger loads. That number is now nearing 50%. EMILY MCCORD/WFDD
Passenger travel is starting to increase again at Piedmont Triad International Airport. Officials are hoping it’s the beginning of a bounce back after a year of steep losses.
A year ago, PTI was seeing about 2% of its normal passenger loads. Now, that number is nearing 50%. Kevin Baker, PTI’s executive director, says traffic has been climbing fast over the past couple of months.
“I think it s just obvious that, you know, more and more people are getting vaccinated and the numbers overall are coming down and people are very eager to get back to flying. That s very clear, says Baker. So hopefully here in the next few months, things start to really accelerate.”
On Monday afternoon, it was set to happen.
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