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MADISON, Wis. — The Dane County Regional Airport is taking off, expecting an increase in flights and passengers this Memorial Day Weekend. Over the last six months, The Dane County Regional Airport has seen an increase in arriving and departing flights. According to marketing director Michael Riechers, people feel safer boarding flights with new COVID-19 guidance and vaccination rates rising....

(WKOW) -- Memorial Day weekend is nearly here, and airports are getting ready for a much busier summer season than last year, with more people comfortable flying again. For the past 14 months, airports have touted the safety of their spaces for travelers, and now with the benefit of hindsight, they say those efforts have worked, at least at Dane County Regional Airport and Mitchell International in Milwaukee. And with those efforts of constant disinfecting of surfaces, social distancing efforts, and mask usage working, they plan to continue. While the mask mandates in Dane County and Milwauke...

Airport traffic rising despite holiday travel warnings The need to travel home for the holidays comes with added risk as coronavirus cases are surging. December 24, 2020 8:22 AM Taylor Lasenby Updated: The need to travel home for the holidays comes with added risk as coronavirus cases are surging. “If you do have to travel, traveling by air is still the safest option. Back in October the DOD released a survey about the air quality in an airplane. The air in an airplane is circulated and scrubbed five to six times more than what’s in an operating room; and fifteen...