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Air travel gradually increasing at Lehigh Valley International Airport
Stacy Wescoe//November 20, 2020
Air travel gradually increasing at Lehigh Valley International Airport
Stacy Wescoe//November 20, 2020//
Passenger traffic at Lehigh Valley International Airport is still down because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
But it in October it did see another over month increase.
A total of 35,995 passengers traveled through LVIA last month. That’s a 53.7% decrease over October 2019, but is up about 10,000 passengers from September.
“A rise of 10,000 passengers versus last month is uplifting even as the pandemic presents new challenges with the change of seasons. It also potentially indicates the growing trust and confidence that flying from your neighborhood airport remains a very safe option,” said Thomas R. Stoudt, executive director of the Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority.
He said that air traffic is likely to continue at lower levels, but there are some indicators that it could continue an upward trend.
“Although holiday travel is projected to be down from normal levels this year, airlines at ABE are adding capacity. Delta is adding a second flight to Atlanta next month and United will begin service to Washington Dulles International Airport in December. Allegiant and American are operating at near normal schedules which certainly has your neighborhood airport positioned for success,” said Stoudt.
United reported a passenger traffic decrease of 75%, Delta dropped 71%, American declined by 50.7%, and Allegiant was down 33.3%.
Air cargo at the airport is up over last year, which it has been consistently for the past several months.
In October 16.4 million pounds of cargo passed through the airport, a 15.7% increase over October 2019 when the airport saw 14.2 million pounds of cargo.
