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Article: September Passenger Counts at Detroit Metropolitan Airport Exceed Expectations.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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DETROIT -- Nearly 24 million passengers passed through Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) in the first three quarters of calendar year 2009 according to statistics released today by the Wayne County Airport Authority's Division of Financial Planning and Analysis. While total passenger traffic is down 11.8% for the nine-month period compared to 2008, numbers for the month of September itself are generating some cautious optimism.
September's passenger traffic decline of 8.3% actually beat the expectations of airport management and represents the smallest month-over-month rate of decline in calendar year 2009. With the exception of July's 9.2%, every other month ...