August passenger traffic continues to drop at T.F. Green, freight up

PASSENGER TRAFFIC at T.F. Green Airport fell 6.85 percent in August compared with the same month the year before. A total of 332,246 passengers departed from or landed at T.F. Green in August, compared with 356,675 in August 2013. / COURTESY R.I. AIRPORT CORPORATION
PASSENGER TRAFFIC at T.F. Green Airport fell 6.85 percent in August compared with the same month the year before. A total of 332,246 passengers departed from or landed at T.F. Green in August, compared with 356,675 in August 2013. / COURTESY R.I. AIRPORT CORPORATION

WARWICK – Passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport declined for the eighth consecutive month in August, registering 332,246 travelers, a drop of 6.85 percent compared with August 2013, according to the latest report released by the R.I. Airport Corporation.
For the year, T.F. Green is reporting a 6.3 percent drop, as 2.4 million people have either enplaned or deplaned there, compared with 2.6 million travelers for the first eight months of 2013.
Cargo traffic continued to grow, posting a 1.22 percent increase in the year-over-year period for mail and freight, from 2.37 million to 2.39 million lbs. For the first eight months of the year, cargo traffic was up 3.9 percent, to 17.2 million pounds .
Among the major carriers, United Airlines had the highest percentage increase in August at 83.3 percent and 14,050 passengers, compared with 7,665 passengers the previous August.
Delta Airlines had the next best gain, with a 44.4 percent increase to 36,170 passengers, followed by JetBlue Airways, which increased 8.32 percent to 24,769 passengers. US Airways posted a 16.7 percent decline to 30,882, and Southwest Airlines’ traffic fell 7.92 percent to 148,109 passengers.
The largest cargo carrier in August was Federal Express, with 1.2 million lbs. of mail and freight moved to and from Rhode Island. United Parcel Service registered 776,379 pounds of cargo, while Wiggins Airways posted 250,954 pounds of cargo. Passenger airlines that also carried cargo included Southwest (80,947 pounds), Delta (31,974), US Airways (4,508) and JetBlue (1,597 pounds).

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  1. In a past job I routinely flew into TF Green from JFK every Monday and flew home every Tuesday. This went on for 2 years. Last week I discovered that New York no longer services Providence, from any of the 3 major metro airports. I literally could not get there from here. And since my “here” is Long Island (not NYC), Amtrak is not a time efficient option. So my only remaining choices were to drive (4-5 hours depending on traffic), fly to Boston and then rent a car from there, or walk (this might have been fastest). The fall off in passenger traffic to TF Green would surely reverse if even one airline restored service from New York.