Oklahoma's two largest airports report passenger increases

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Passenger counts were up more than 10 percent last month in Oklahoma's two major commercial airports compared to the previous year, boosting revenues for air carriers and airport

Saturday, May 15th 2004, 10:01 am

By: News On 6

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Passenger counts were up more than 10 percent last month in Oklahoma's two major commercial airports compared to the previous year, boosting revenues for air carriers and airport businesses.

This was the second consecutive month of double-digit growth in year-over-year traffic levels at both Will Rogers World Airport and Tulsa International Airport.

``Coming off a strong month like we saw in March, we were hopeful the trend would continue, but we're still pleasantly surprised with April numbers also being in double digits,'' Will Rogers spokeswoman Karen Carney said. ``The most important thing is we're seeing some healthy trends for the air carriers.''

Nearly 134,000 passengers boarded planes at Will Rogers last month, up more than 10 percent from 121,118 in April 2003. The improvement follows an 11 percent gain in March.

Tulsa's commercial airport had 117,247 outbound passengers in April, up nearly 16 percent from 101,465 a year ago. The airport experienced a 17 percent year-over-year growth in March.