BURBANK AIRPORT USERS RETURNING.Byline: Danielle Danielle is the female variant of the male name Daniel. For its meanings, etymology, pronunciation, and translations, see Wiktionary. Danielle is the given name of:
or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. Staff Writer BURBANK Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. - Burbank Airport is reporting that passenger totals for January were down less than 6 percent from the comparable month last year - the closest to normal since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The monthly report by the five major airlines operating out of Burbank indicated that last month's passenger totals were 341,514 - just 5.7 percent below last year. ``It's still a substantial drop-off not to be taken lightly,'' airport spokesman Victor Gill gill, in weights and measures gill, in weights and measures: see English units of measurement. said of the January figures, released Monday. ``The trend suggested is that it's approaching normal levels for this time of year.'' Air travel plummeted following Sept. 11, and totals for that month were 35.3 percent below the previous year, with 251,470 passengers using Burbank Airport. In October and November, the number of passengers was 13.2 percent and 14.5 percent, respectively, below 2000 numbers. For January, Southwest and Alaska were down just 3.6 percent and 3.4 percent, respectively, from the previous year, while America West and United were down 22.3 percent and 27.8 percent. Gill attributed the differences to Southwest's decision to resume a normal flight schedule in the aftermath of the attacks. United and America West canceled some flights, and America West also changed some of its planes to smaller ones, reducing the number of passengers it could carry. American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , meanwhile, showed a 141 percent increase compared with January last year. Gill attributed that jump to the addition of a third flight between Burbank and Dallas. Dios Marrero, the Airport Authority's executive director, said the figures have also been affected by the federal government's financial support of airlines, as well as the airlines' efforts to lure lure the skin-covered object which runs on a monorail on a Greyhound racing track and which the dogs are schooled to chase. The lure must be kept 30 to 40 ft ahead of the leading dog so that the field is stretched out. passengers back since the September attacks, especially with price cuts. |
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