Passenger traffic drops 6% at T.F. Green in ’14

PASSENGER TRAFFIC at T.F. Green Airport declined at T.F. Green in 2014 by 6 percent, with 3.57 million passengers compared with 3.8 million passengers the prior year. / COURTESY OFFICE OF THE R.I. SECRETARY OF STATE
PASSENGER TRAFFIC at T.F. Green Airport declined at T.F. Green in 2014 by 6 percent, with 3.57 million passengers compared with 3.8 million passengers the prior year. / COURTESY OFFICE OF THE R.I. SECRETARY OF STATE

WARWICK – Passenger traffic declined at T.F. Green in 2014 by 6 percent, with 3.57 million passengers compared with 3.8 million passengers the prior year, according to information released by the Rhode Island Airport Corp. on Thursday.

In 2013, the airport registered a 4.2 percent increase over 2012’s numbers of $3.65 million.

The corporation also released numbers for the month of December, which showed a 7.49 percent decrease year-over-year, to 280,976 passengers from 303,740 passengers, the 12th consecutive month of declines.

Of the major airlines, Southwest Airlines had the largest market share in December at 47.2 percent, followed by US Airways at 24 percent, Delta Airlines at 12.9 percent, JetBlue Airways at 8.5 percent, United Airlines at 7.1 percent, and Charters, at 0.4 percent.

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JetBlue was the only major carrier to post an increase in numbers for both the month of December and the year; it had 23,817 passengers in December, an 8.54 percent increase from December 2013, and 266,984 passengers year to date, an increase of 0.12 percent.

Southwest experienced the largest decreases in passengers; it had 132,597 passengers in December, a 4.8 percent drop from December 2013, and 1.6 million passengers year to date, an 8 percent drop from 2013.

US Airways had 67,306 passengers in December, a 7.7 percent decrease from December 2013, and 876,000 passengers year to date, a 0.2 percent increase from 2013.

Delta had 36,237 passengers in December, a 3.4 percent drop from December 2013, and 459,598 year to date, a 3 percent drop from 2013.

Cargo, again, was a bright spot for the airport, with 3 million lbs. either enplaning or deplaning in December, a 15.1 percent increase over December 2013, and 27.3 million pounds either enplaning or deplaning for the year, a nearly 4 percent increase over 2013.

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