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Wichita Mid-Continent Airport Reports Record Setting September
Date: October 20, 2004
Contact: Steve Flesher, Air Service Development Director
 : SFlesher@wichita.gov
 : (316) 946-4702
A total of 115,794 passengers flew in and out of Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in September, compared to 110,503 last September, a 4.79% increase and the best September on record. For the period January to September, 1,124,780 passengers traveled in and out of Mid-Continent Airport, up 7.16% over 2003, a record-setting year.
Passenger growth at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport has led many airline partners to add service. Northwest Airlines has added a fourth daily flight to the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, and will add additional capacity to the Memphis market, effective November 2004. Northwest will also begin new, non-stop service to Detroit, effective January 12, 2005. AirTran Airways will commence Saturday-only, non-stop service to Orlando effective November 20, 2004. Delta will add flights to Atlanta and Cincinnati and commence new, non-stop service to Salt Lake City, effective January 31, 2005. American and United are scheduled to add flights and capacity to Chicago effective November 2004.
In all, the airport will gain three new, non-stop destination markets, a net increase of six daily flights, and nearly 1200 additional, daily seats with service enhancements being initiated between now and January 31, 2005.
For more information, visit www.flywichita.com. Click on "Statistics" and "News Releases."
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