Bob Hope Airport has record year.Bob Hope Airport Bob Hope Airport (IATA: BUR, ICAO: KBUR, FAA LID: BUR) is a regional and national airport located in Burbank, California, United States. It was formerly known as United Airport (1930-1934); Union Air Terminal (1934-1940); served more than 5.5 million passengers last year, a record number of passengers that airport officials attributed to the arrival of two new airlines and the continued growth in ridership rid·er·ship n. The number of passengers who ride a public transport system. aboard 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. Southwest Airlines Co. jets. The passenger total released Monday was an increase of 12% from the 4.9 million passengers that came through the Burbank airport in 2004. The start of flights by Delta Airlines in January and JetBlue in May were described by airport spokesman Victor Gill as "singular events" that are not indicative of any trend. For 2005, Delta Airlines served 89,800 with a daily flight to Atlanta, while low-cost carrier A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills or discount carrier / airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for eliminating many traditional passenger services. JetBlue served 227,000 passengers with four daily flights to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Delta also partnered with SkyWest for a daily flight to Salt Lake City, a market that has not been served by the Burbank airport since 1994, to attract 98,400 passengers. This article originally appeared on the Business Journal's website (sfvbj.com) which is updated daily with local business news. By MARK R. MADLER Staff Reporter |
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