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Boardings Down at LR Despite Higher Traffic.


Boardings have dipped at Little Rock National Airport for 2001, even though more carriers have reported higher traffic for the year's first four months.

Through April, 382,378 passengers enplaned at the airport, 2.8 percent fewer than the 393,272 who boarded flights during the same period in 2000, according to according to
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 a report issued by the airport. At the same time, boardings for April declined by 0.6 percent, to 101,608 from 102,251 a year ago.

This year's figures include enplanements on United Express, which began flying between Little Rock and Chicago's O'Hare O'Hare may refer to:
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  • O'Hare International Airport, in Chicago, Illinois, US
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 Airport last October October: see month. , and Trans State Airlines, which entered the local market in February February: see month. , offering flights to Pittsburgh.

Helping drag down this year's April figures was the absence of Comair, whose pilots went on strike in late March and still aren't flying.

Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest.
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 remained the most heavily traveled carrier in Little Rock, with 34,737 passengers in April, compared to 33,104 a year earlier.
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Title Annotation:Little Rock National Airport, Arkansas
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Author:Bailey, Dan
Publication:Arkansas Business
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Date:Jun 11, 2001
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