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Article: Myrtle Beach, S.C., Airport's Air Traffic Keeps Climbing.
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- January 20, 2004
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By Kathleen Vereen Dayton, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 20--Myrtle Beach International Airport had the largest percent age of growth in boarding passengers in the state in 2003 compared with 2002, a 6 percent jump, while the nation's passenger traffic inched up by only 1 percent.
"That kind of growth is envied by large and small airports across the nation," said Bill Oliver, vice president of The Boyd Group, an airline industry analyst based in Colorado.
Myrtle Beach is the third-busiest airport in the state and close to second place, according to figures released last week by South Carolina's ...