THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, October 25, 1995 TAG: 9510250532
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: (Staff)
LENGTH: Short : 23 lines
Norfolk International Airport's 1995 passenger slump continued in September. Passenger traffic in September fell 26.5 percent to 214,859 from 292,241 in the same month last year, the Norfolk Airport Authority announced. The decline continues a year-long trend. It can be traced to the absence of the airfare wars that spurred travel last year and to the withdrawal of many of Continental Airlines' flights from the airport after the failure of its low-price Peanuts fares campaign. Cargo activity through the airport also slipped. In August, cargo shipments were down 11.8 percent to 4.7 million pounds from 5.3 million pounds. by CNB