Passenger levels remain sky high over pre-pandemic levels at local airport

The Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport recorded a 51% uptick in passengers when comparing last month to September 2019.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 9:52 a.m. October 19, 2021
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File. Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport saw 51% more passengers in September of this year than it did in September 2019. Pictured is SRQ President and CEO Rick Piccolo.
File. Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport saw 51% more passengers in September of this year than it did in September 2019. Pictured is SRQ President and CEO Rick Piccolo.
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SARASOTA — Airports continue reveling in the higher-than-normal passenger traffic as several local airports continue to shatter monthly records. 

The Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport is no exception. The month of September alone at the airport, under the call letters SRQ, saw 51% more passengers than it did before the pandemic in 2019. 

 

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