Fresno Airport Continues Upward Trend

Source: Business Street

FRESNO – Passenger volume at Fresno Yosemite International Airport continues to increase at a record-breaking pace, positioning the Airport to outperform prior record years. This upward trend is the result of strong bookings occurring on each of the ten major airline operators based at Fresno Yosemite. Passenger levels have shown significant increases in the first half of 2013 with June ranked as the second highest passenger count ever: • January report 105,565 passengers (an 11 percent increase over January 2012) • February report 91,956 passengers (a 9 percent increase over February 2012) • March report 112,355 passengers (an 11.19 percent increase over March 2012) • April report 111,130 passengers (a 7.15 percent increase over April 2012) • May report 123,831 passengers (an 11.19 percent increase over May 2012) • June report 130,181 passengers (a 5.52 percent increase over June 2012) Impressive passenger bookings averaged a 91 percent load factor in the month of June. Airline bookings for this year remain healthy with the average year-to-date load factor at nearly 80 percent. Factors contributing to the higher passenger numbers include new air service introduced last summer with Allegiant Air adding non-stop flights to Honolulu, Hawaii as well as Alaska Airlines’ launch of twice daily non-stop service to San Diego, California. Other factors include this year’s addition of low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines with non-stop service to Denver, Colorado as well as seasonal flight frequencies from existing domestic air carriers and solid bookings on the international carriers to Guadalajara, Mexico. The upward trend of strong bookings validates reasonable and competitive airfares through Fresno Yosemite. Many airlines are currently offering special airfare promotions and packaged vacation deals. Coupled with advance booking, passengers are continuing to benefit from a variety of travel options stimulated by competitive airfares.

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