{"id":187325,"date":"2018-10-28T05:46:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T09:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=187325"},"modified":"2018-10-28T05:46:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T09:46:02","slug":"alaskas-largest-airport-sees-new-high-summer-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/28\/alaskas-largest-airport-sees-new-high-summer-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska&#8217;s largest airport sees new high in summer passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_187326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187326\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/42669603_1913749125339280_4125802497149239296_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187326\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/42669603_1913749125339280_4125802497149239296_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/42669603_1913749125339280_4125802497149239296_n.png 432w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/42669603_1913749125339280_4125802497149239296_n-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Summer passenger traffic continued its strong growth. After a 5.4% increase in passengers this July, the numbers are in and show a 5.5% increase for August. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AnchorageInternationalAirport\/photos\/a.280808248633384\/1913749122005947\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AnchorageInternationalAirport\/\">Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska \u2014 Summer passenger traffic set an all-time high in 2018 at Alaska&#8217;s largest airport.<\/p>\n<p>Officials at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport say 1.53 million passengers embarked on flights from May through September.<\/p>\n<p>That was an increase of 68,724 passengers, a nearly 4.5 per cent jump over 2017 summer traffic of 1.46 million embarking passengers, airport manager Jim Szczesniak said Thursday. It also exceeded the previous recorded high in summer 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the growth at the state-owned airport was spurred by tourism. Alaska is a top-rated cruise destination and many visitors combine one-way voyages along Alaska&#8217;s Panhandle and the Gulf of Alaska with bus or train trips to Denali National Park, Szczesniak said. Those trips often start or end with a flight into or out of Anchorage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur market is linked with the cruise industry,\u201d Szczesniak said.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines added more passenger seats to accommodate demand. Alaska Airlines and Sun Country Airlines added flights, Szczesniak said.<\/p>\n<p>Airport officials anticipate another increase next summer, tied to projected growth in the cruise industry. United Airlines features a weekly flight from Anchorage to New York and will expand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext summer they&#8217;re going to be coming in pretty much daily from New York,\u201d Szczesniak said.<\/p>\n<p>The economic impact to the state is significant, Szczesniak said. A typical tourist will spend at least $1,000 within Alaska, he said. The airport estimates it&#8217;s responsible for about 15,577 airport and community jobs, earning $1 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska \u2014 Summer passenger traffic set an all-time high in 2018 at Alaska&#8217;s largest airport. 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