Decline in McCarran traffic eases in September

Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 | 2:15 p.m.

McCarran International Airport traffic continued its downward slide in passenger counts in September, but the trend seems to be easing.

The passenger count dropped 1.2 percent in September compared to last year, from 3,377,238 to 3,336,007.

The year-to-date change so far this year is a decline of 10.2 percent, from 34,116,915 in 2008 to 30,624,672 passengers so far in 2009. The declines haven't been as steep in recent months.

Passenger traffic at Southwest Airlines, the busiest carrier at McCarran, was up 4.8 percent in September compared to last year.

US Airways, the No. 2 carrier at McCarran, was down 26.4 percent. That translates to 359,923 passengers, down from 488,715 last September.

Discussion: 7 comments so far…

By neiman1

10/19/09 at 2:30 p.m.

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Of course the drop is slowing. Last September was already down 13.6% from 2007. When you catch up with the fall, monthly declines are not as steep but they are still in the toilet.

The Obama economy is dismal and no amount of headlines and word twists will convince us it's not real. Harry Reid has driven this economy off a cliff in years since he has been in charge.
By 2zero

10/19/09 at 3:16 p.m.

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Hey neiman, this is the Bush league we are living.
By Willy

10/19/09 at 3:17 p.m.

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November and beyond will likely show an increase, some airlines are actually considering adding a little bit of capacity to the market as well. Why is it the local papers spend all their time rehashing the past instead of being insightful towards the future?
By MWCRob

10/19/09 at 3:53 p.m.

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yeah, i can't believe obama hasn't completely turned around 8 years of bushmesh in 9 months.

he really should have had everything turned around by like february at the latest. i know the stock market is back above 10k, and all that, but it really should be like 18k or higher.

the guy is a total fraud.
By retiredyoungster

10/19/09 at 3:54 p.m.

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a total of 4 million people + did not come to Vegas..and they says its easing? I don't care how you cut it, its still down a bunch...how ever you want to word it..
By blood

10/19/09 at 5:12 p.m.

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Willy,
You can't "blame" the newspaper for "rehashing the past"...the newspaper is simply providing the reader with the most recent data that has been released by the airport.

So, you would rather have the paper post an article that is more "insightful towards the future"??
If you find a source that can accurately predict the future, then please let us know. I just hope that the source isn't one of the so-called "experts" who have so accurately predicted the return of the housing market and the economy.
By Krases

10/19/09 at 5:36 p.m.

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nieman, this decline started last year. Obama wasn't president last year. It took years to flush the economy down the toilet and that flush started up years ago. Would you kindly try to limit your daily output of BS.