JWA Commercial Air Traffic Increases for 9 MonthsCommercial air traffic at JWA increased 9.9% for January 2010 com-pared
with the same month in 2009, making the ninth month, beginning in May
2009 that commercial planes have increased, marking an end to the drop in flights that began in November 2007 with the recession.
Commuter
Carrier (air taxi) operations (those are the very quiet planes)
decreased 57.9% when compared to operations recorded in December 2008.
General aviation [private planes] activity increased 13.5% for December
2009 when compared to December 2008. During the recession, general
aviation had fallen by almost 50%.
Total number of passengers
for 2009 was almost 9 million. The interim cap of 10.3 million is in
effect now until 2011 when the cap rises to 10.8 milion. After 2015, there is no cap.
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